Dasyprocta
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Dasyprocta leporina
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus, rectum”).
Proper noun
Dasyprocta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyproctidae – the common agoutis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Cavioidea - superfamily; Dasyproctidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dasyprocta leporina (red-rumped agouti) - type species; Dasyprocta azarae, Dasyprocta coibae, Dasyprocta cristata, Dasyprocta fuliginosa, Dasyprocta guamara, Dasyprocta kalinowskii, Dasyprocta mexicana, Dasyprocta prymnolopha, Dasyprocta punctata, Dasyprocta ruatanica - other species
References
Common agouti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Dasyprocta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Dasyprocta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Dasyprocta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dasyprocta in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
