Dasyprocta Illiger 1811 (agouti)
Mammalia - Glires - Dasyproctidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 105149
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Dasyproctidae according to L. O. Salles et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Alloiomys, Australoprocta, Incamys, Mesoprocta, Microscleromys, Myoprocta, Neoreomys
Subtaxa: Dasyprocta leporina, Dasyprocta punctata
Ecology: scansorial insectivore