Biology:Crested agouti

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Short description: Species of rodent

Crested agouti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Species:
D. cristata
Binomial name
Dasyprocta cristata
(Desmarest, 1816)

The crested agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Guyana and Suriname.[1] Its taxonomic status is uncertain and it may be synonymous with Dasyprocta leporina, leading the IUCN to rate it as Data Deficient.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C.; Weksler, M. (2008). "Dasyprocta cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6280/0. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400227. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1770388 entry