Dasyprocta

From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus, rectum”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyproctidae – the common agoutis.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Cavioidea - superfamily; Dasyproctidae - family

• (genus): Dasyprocta leporina (red-rumped agouti) - type species; Dasyprocta azarae, Dasyprocta coibae, Dasyprocta cristata, Dasyprocta fuliginosa, Dasyprocta guamara, Dasyprocta kalinowskii, Dasyprocta mexicana, Dasyprocta prymnolopha, Dasyprocta punctata, Dasyprocta ruatanica - other species

•   Common agouti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Dasyprocta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Dasyprocta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dasyprocta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Dasyprocta in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.