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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata 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