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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Dasyproctidae
GENUS Myoprocta
| Author: | Thomas, 1903. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser 7, 12: 464. | | Type Species: | Cavia acouchy Erxleben, 1777. | | Comments: | Voss et al. (2001) contributed substantially to the nomenclatural stability of this genus (see comments under M. acouchy) but additional revision, especially for the green acouchi is needed. Although two species have long been recognized, the green and the red acouchies, the nomenclature for these two forms is confusing (see Voss et al., 2001). Emmons and Feer (1997:230) suggested that hybridization may have occurred in Colombia in the headwaters of the Río Uaupés and the hybrid forms has been given the name M. milleri. Voss et al. (2001) suggested that these two forms are allopatrically distributed. |
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