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--> FAMILY Dasyproctidae
--> GENUS Dasyprocta
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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