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GENUS Dasyprocta

Author:Illiger, 1811.
Citation:Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium.: 93.
Type Species:Mus aguti Linnaeus, 1766 (= Mus leporinus Linnaeus, 1758).
Comments:This group is in need of revision, and many of the species are questionable and based on geographic distribution at this time.
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SPECIES azarae

SPECIES coibae

SPECIES cristata

SPECIES fuliginosa

SUBSPECIES fuliginosa

SUBSPECIES candelensis

SPECIES guamara

SPECIES kalinowskii

SPECIES leporina

SUBSPECIES leporina

SUBSPECIES albida

SUBSPECIES cayana

SUBSPECIES croconota

SUBSPECIES fulvus

SUBSPECIES lunaris

SUBSPECIES maraxica

SUBSPECIES noblei

SPECIES mexicana

SPECIES prymnolopha

SPECIES punctata

SUBSPECIES punctata

SUBSPECIES bellula

SUBSPECIES boliviae

SUBSPECIES callida

SUBSPECIES chiapensis

SUBSPECIES chocoensis

SUBSPECIES columbiana

SUBSPECIES dariensis

SUBSPECIES isthmica

SUBSPECIES nuchalis

SUBSPECIES pallidiventris

SUBSPECIES pandora

SUBSPECIES richmondi

SUBSPECIES underwoodi

SUBSPECIES urucuma

SUBSPECIES variegata

SUBSPECIES yucatanica

SUBSPECIES yungarum

SUBSPECIES zamorae

SPECIES ruatanica

Synonyms:

    Chloromys Lesson, 1927
    Cloromis Cuvier, 1812
    Mamdasyproctaus Herrera, 1899

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