Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . 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.
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Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)
| Linnaeus 1758: 59 |