Crested Agouti

Crested Agouti
Conservation status
Scientific classification
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 Suriname. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Catzeflis, F., Patton, J., Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). Dasyprocta cristata. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.