Mexican Agouti

Mexican Agouti
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Species: D. mexicana
Binomial name
Dasyprocta mexicana
Saussure, 1860

The Mexican Agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is found in Cuba and Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Vázquez, E., Emmons, L., Reid, F. & Cuarón, A. D. (2008). Dasyprocta mexicana. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.