Mexican agouti

Mexican agouti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Dasyproctidae
Genus:Dasyprocta
Species: D. mexicana
Binomial name
Dasyprocta mexicana
Saussure, 1860

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. Its overall blackish color separates it from the only other agouti found in Mexico, the Central American agouti.

References

  1. ↑ Vázquez, E.; Emmons, L.; Reid, F. & Cuarón, A. D. (2008). "Dasyprocta mexicana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T6285A12596623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6285A12596623.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  • 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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