A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Dasyproctidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Azara's AgoutiDasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coiban AgoutiDasyprocta coibae Thomas, 1902 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange AgoutiDasyprocta croconota Wagler, 1831 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black AgoutiDasyprocta fuliginosa Wagler, 1832 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orinoco AgoutiDasyprocta guamara Ojasti, 1972 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kalinowski's AgoutiDasyprocta kalinowskii Thomas, 1897 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Red-rumped AgoutiDasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican AgoutiDasyprocta mexicana Saussure, 1860 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-rumped AgoutiDasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler, 1831 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central American AgoutiDasyprocta punctata Gray, 1842 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Roatán Island AgoutiDasyprocta ruatanica Thomas, 1901 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red AcouchiMyoprocta acouchy (Erxleben, 1777) | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green AcouchiMyoprocta pratti Pocock, 1913 | DasyproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.