- Orinoco Agouti
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Orinoco Agouti Conservation status Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Dasyproctidae Genus: Dasyprocta Species: D. guamara Binomial name Dasyprocta guamara
Ojasti, 1972The Orinoco Agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.
References
- ^ Ochoa, J. & Rivas, B. (2008). Dasyprocta guamara. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
- Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400231.
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: CaviomorphaDasyprocta
(Agoutis)Azara's Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) · Coiban Agouti (Dasyprocta coibae) · Crested Agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) · Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) · Orinoco Agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) · Kalinowski Agouti (Dasyprocta kalinowskii) · Brazilian Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) · Mexican Agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana) · Black-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) · Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) · Ruatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica)Myoprocta
(Acouchies)Categories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Dasyprocta
- Fauna of Venezuela
- Rodent stubs
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