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Dasyproctidae
Sign in to saveDasyproctidae, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús), meaning "hair", and πρωκτός (prōktós), meaning "anus", is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. 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.
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Dasyproctidae is a family of mammals within the order Rodentia, belonging to the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The group has existed for approximately 23 million years.
Records of the family are held by institutions including MSB, ROM, UBCBBM, and NHMUK. Specimens have been documented in Bolivia and Argentina.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyDasyproctidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Dasyproctidae
- Collections
- MSB, ROM, UBCBBM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Argentina
Research
96 papers- Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. lasallei Méndez & Ortiz, 1958, parasites of agoutis and pacas (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae, Cuniculidae) in Central and South America.Systematic parasitology · 2017
- Observations on Eimeria species of Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)(Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) from the state of Pará, North Brazil.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2007
- Characteristics of the larval Echinococcus vogeli Rausch and Bernstein, 1972 in the natural intermediate host, the paca, Cuniculus paca L. (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae).The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 1981
- Rewilding Rio.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2016
- Karyotypic analysis in species of the genus Dasyprocta (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) found in Brazilian Amazon.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2003
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- Hystricognathi
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- Dasyprocta leporina - Buffalo Zoo.jpg
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- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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Dasyproctidae, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús), meaning "hair", and πρωκτός (prōktós), meaning "anus", is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. 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.
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 Late Oligocene (Deseadan in the SALMA classification).
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