Authority citation: Lichtenstein, H. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischern. T. Trautwein, Berlin, 118 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229315
Original name as described: Dasyprocta Azarae
Nominal names: azarae H. Lichtenstein, 1823 | caudata P. W. Lund, 1840 | brasiliensis (Liais, 1872) | paraguayensis (Liais, 1872) | aurea Cope, 1889 | azarai Lahille, 1899 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | urucuma J. A. Allen, 1915 | catrinae O. Thomas, 1917 | felicia O. Thomas, 1917
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Dasyproctidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 1044
Type locality: "E provincia San. Paulo [= São Paulo] Brasil."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA) | Bolivia (BOL) | Paraguay (PRY) | Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: previously included some populations now attributed to D. variegata
Citation: Teta, P., & Reyes-Amaya, N. (2021). Uncovering species boundaries through qualitative and quantitative morphology in the genus Dasyprocta (Rodentia, Caviomorpha), with emphasis in D. punctata and D. variegata. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(6), 1548-1563.
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