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SPECIES Dasyprocta cristata

Author:E. Geoffroy, 1803.
Citation:Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. d’Hist. Natur.: 165.
Common Name:Crested Agouti
Type Locality:Suriname.
Distribution:Guianas.
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:May be synonymous with leporina; see Husson (1978:464-466) and Hershkovitz (1972b:311-341). Not recognized by Emmons and Feer (1997) or Eisenberg (1989).
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