Dasyproctidae
| Dasyproctidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Recent | |
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| Central American agouti, D. punctata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae Bonaparte, 1838 |
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The Dasyproctidae are a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis.[1] Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees. They live in burrows, and, like squirrels, will bury some of their food for later use.[2]
Classification
Fossil taxa follow McKenna and Bell,[3] with modifications following Kramarz.[4]
- Family Dasyproctidae
- Genus †Alloiomys
- Genus †Australoprocta
- Genus †Branisamys
- Genus †Incamys
- Genus †Neoreomys
- Genus †Megastus
- Genus †Palmiramys
- Genus Dasyprocta
- Azara's agouti, D. azarae
- Coiban agouti, D. coibae
- Crested agouti, D. cristata
- Black agouti, D. fuliginosa
- Orinoco agouti, D. guamara
- Kalinowski's agouti, D. kalinowskii
- Red-rumped agouti, D. leporina
- Mexican agouti, D. mexicana
- Black-rumped agouti, D. prymnolopha
- Central American agouti, D. punctata
- Ruatan Island agouti, D. ruatanica
- Genus Myoprocta
- Green acouchi, M. pratti
- Red acouchi, M. acouchy
The pacas (genus Cuniculus) are placed by some authorities[3][5] in the Dasyproctidae, but molecular studies have demonstrated they do not form a monophyletic group.[6]
References
- ↑ Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Bishop, Ian (1984). Macdonald, D., ed. The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File. p. 701. ISBN 0-87196-871-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- ↑ Kramarz, A.G. 2005. A primitive cephalomyid hystricognath rodent from the early Miocene of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):249-258. PDF fulltext
- ↑ Woods, C. A. 1993. Hystricognathi. In Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
- ↑ Rowe, D. L. and R. L. Honeycutt. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, ecological correlates, and molecular evolution within the Cavioidea (Mammalia, Rodentia). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19:263-277.
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