Black-rumped Agouti

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Black-rumped Agouti
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Dasyproctidae Genus: Dasyprocta Species: D. prymnolopha
Binomial name
Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler, 1831

The Black-rumped Agouti, Dasyprocta prymnolopha, is an agouti species from the Dasyproctidae family. It is an endemic species found only in the northeast portion of Brazil.

[edit] References

• Baillie (1996). Dasyprocta prymnolopha. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• Infonatura

v • d • e Extant species of family Dasyproctidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Caviomorpha Dasyprocta Azara's Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) · Coiban Agouti (Dasyprocta coibae) · Crested Agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) · Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) · Orinoco Agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) · Kalinowski Agouti (Dasyprocta kalinowskii) · Brazilian Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) · Mexican Agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana) · Black-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) · Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) · Ruatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica) Myoprocta Green Acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) · Red Acouchi (Myoprocta acouchy) Category