- Ruatan Island Agouti
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Ruatan Island Agouti Conservation status Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Dasyproctidae Genus: Dasyprocta Species: D. ruatanica Binomial name Dasyprocta ruatanica
Thomas, 1901The Ruatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Honduras. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Schipper, J., Emmons, L., Woodman, N., Timm, R. & McCarthy, T. (2008). Dasyprocta ruatanica. 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=13400264.
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 endangered species
- Dasyprocta
- Mammals of Honduras
- Endemic fauna of Honduras
- Rodent stubs
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