Orinoco agouti
| Orinoco agouti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae |
| Genus: | Dasyprocta |
| Species: | D. guamara |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyprocta guamara Ojasti, 1972[2] | |
The Orinoco agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Delta Amacuro in Venezuela, where found in areas with rainforest or mangrove.[1]
References
- 1 2 Ochoa, J. & Rivas, B. (2008). "Dasyprocta guamara". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T6282A12596159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6282A12596159.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ Ojasti, Juhani (1972). "Revisión preliminar de los Picures o Aguties de Venezuela (Rodentia, Dasyproctidae)" (PDF). Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. 32 (93): 176–183.
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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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