Dasyprocta azarae

Dasyprocta azarae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cavioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Cavioidea

Familia: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Species: Dasyprocta azarae

Name

Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823: 3

Holotype: based on Azara’s “l’acouti” (1801: 26).

Lectotype: ZMB MAM 1044, adult indet., mounted skin, with the skull inside. [designated by Garbino & Nogueira (2017: 180)]

Type locality: “E provincia San. Paulo [= São Paulo] Brasil”, restricted to between 49°20’W and 44°11’W, state of São Paulo by Garbino & Nogueira (2017: 181).

References

Primary references

Lichtenstein, M.H.C. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen. 118 pp. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss./ T. Trautwein, Berlin. Original description p.3 no.30 BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.40281 Reference page.

References

Garbino, G.S.T. & Nogueira, M.R. 2017. On the mammals collected by Friedrich Sellow in Brazil and Uruguay (1814–1831), with special reference to the types and their provenance. Zootaxa 4221(2): 172–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.2 Reference page.

Links

Dasyprocta azarae in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Dasyprocta azarae (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Azara’s Agouti
magyar: Azara-aguti

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