Dasyprocta
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Dasyprocta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyproctidae – the common agoutis.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Cavioidea - superfamily; Dasyproctidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Dasyprocta leporina (red-rumped agouti) - type species; Dasyprocta azarae, Dasyprocta coibae, Dasyprocta cristata, Dasyprocta fuliginosa, Dasyprocta guamara, Dasyprocta kalinowskii, Dasyprocta mexicana, Dasyprocta prymnolopha, Dasyprocta punctata, Dasyprocta ruatanica - other species
References edit
Common agouti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Dasyprocta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Dasyprocta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Dasyprocta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dasyprocta in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
