Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:59.

TYPE LOCALITY: Suriname, Peninka, Peninka Creek and Cennewijne River .

DISTRIBUTION: Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guianas, Amazonian and E Brazil, introduced into the Virgin Islands.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: aguti, aliba, cayana, cayennae, croconota, flavescens, fulvus, lucifer, lunaris, maraxica, noblei, rubrata.

COMMENTS: Husson (1978:462-463) explained why Mus leporinus has priority, and why aguti should be synonymized. Recognized as D. aguti cayana by Cabrera (1961:585-586); may also include cristata . Includes albida, antillensis, and noblei; see Varona (1974:75), who included these forms in aguti.