Taxonomy Profile: Dasyprocta (Illiger 1811)

Dasyprocta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Chloromys
Lesson 1827
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Dasyprocta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
hystricognath rodents |
Family : Dasyproctidae
Genus : Dasyprocta
Dasyprocta Direct Children(s):
Dasyprocta azarae
(Lichtenstein 1823)
Dasyprocta coibae
(Thomas 1902)
Dasyprocta cristata
(É Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
Dasyprocta fuliginosa
(Wagler 1832)
Dasyprocta guamara
(Ojasti 1972)
Dasyprocta kalinowskii
(Thomas 1897)
Dasyprocta leporina
(Linnaeus 1758)
Dasyprocta mexicana
(Saussure 1860)
Dasyprocta prymnolopha
(Wagler 1831)
Dasyprocta punctata
(Gray 1842)
Dasyprocta ruatanica
(Thomas 1901)
Dasyprocta: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Charles A. Woods
Notes:
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Dasyprocta
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Dasyprocta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Susan K. Bell
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-01-01 / 1997-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Classification of mammals above the species level
Page(s):
631
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-231-11012-X/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dasyprocta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dasyprocta
Dasyprocta: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Dasyprocta: Comments
Comment:
Comments: This group is in need of revision, and many of the species are questionable and based on geographic distribution at this time