Mexican agouti
The Mexican agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is native to lowland evergreen forest and second growth in southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco), but has also been introduced to Cuba. This critically endangered species is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Its overall blackish color separates it from the only other agouti found in Mexico, the Central American agouti.[2]
| Mexican agouti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae |
| Genus: | Dasyprocta |
| Species: | D. mexicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure, 1860 | |
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| Distribution range, green - native, blue - introduced | |
References
- Vázquez, E.; Emmons, L.; Reid, F.; Cuarón, A.D. (2008). "Dasyprocta mexicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T6285A12596623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6285A12596623.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Reid, Fiona A. (1997). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press. pp. 242–244. ISBN 9780195343236.
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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