Dasyproctidae
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| Central American agouti, D. punctata | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae Bonaparte, 1838 |
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Dasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis.[1] Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees. They live in burrows, and, like squirrels, will bury some of their food for later use.[2]
Dasyproctids exist in Central and South America, which are the tropical parts of the new world. The fossil record of this family can be traced back to the Oligocene period (34-23 million years ago).
As with all rodents, members of this family have incisors, pre-molars, and molars, but no canines. The cheek teeth are hypsodont and flat-crowned.
Classification
Fossil taxa follow McKenna and Bell,[3] with modifications following Kramarz.[4]
- Family Dasyproctidae
- Genus †Alloiomys
- Genus †Australoprocta
- Genus †Branisamys
- Genus †Incamys
- Genus †Neoreomys
- Genus †Megastus
- Genus †Palmiramys
- Genus Dasyprocta
- Azara's agouti, D. azarae
- Coiban agouti, D. coibae
- Crested agouti, D. cristata
- Black agouti, D. fuliginosa
- Orinoco agouti, D. guamara
- Kalinowski's agouti, D. kalinowskii
- Red-rumped agouti, D. leporina
- Mexican agouti, D. mexicana
- Black-rumped agouti, D. prymnolopha
- Central American agouti, D. punctata
- Ruatan Island agouti, D. ruatanica
- Genus Myoprocta
- Green acouchi, M. pratti
- Red acouchi, M. acouchy
The pacas (genus Cuniculus) are placed by some authorities[3][5] in Dasyproctidae, but molecular studies have demonstrated they do not form a monophyletic group.[6]
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- ↑ Kramarz, A.G. 2005. A primitive cephalomyid hystricognath rodent from the early Miocene of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):249-258. PDF fulltext Archived July 15, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Woods, C. A. 1993. Hystricognathi. In Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
- ↑ Rowe, D. L. and R. L. Honeycutt. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, ecological correlates, and molecular evolution within the Cavioidea (Mammalia, Rodentia). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19:263-277.
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