Orinoco agouti

Orinoco agouti
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dasyproctidae
Genus:	Dasyprocta
Species:	D. guamara
Binomial name
*Dasyprocta guamara* Ojasti, 1972

The Orinoco agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Delta Amacuro in Venezuela, where found in areas with rainforest or mangrove.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Ochoa, J. & Rivas, B. (2008). Dasyprocta guamara. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.

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.

Extant species of family Dasyproctidae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Infraorder: Hystricognathi Parvorder: Caviomorpha

Dasyprocta (Agoutis)	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) Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) Mexican Agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana) Black-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) Ruatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica)

Myoprocta (Acouchies)	Green Acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) Red Acouchi (Myoprocta acouchy)

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