Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:59. TYPE LOCALITY: Suriname, Peninka, Peninka Creek and Cennewijne River. DISTRIBUTION: Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guianas, Amazonian and E Brazil, introduced into the Virgin Islands. STATUS: Common. SYNONYMS: aguti, aliba, cayana, cayennae, croconota, flavescens, fulvus, lucifer, lunaris, maraxica, noblei, rubrata. COMMENTS: Husson (1978:462-463) explained why Mus leporinus has priority, and why aguti should be synonymized. Recognized as D. aguti cayana by Cabrera (1961:585-586); may also include cristata. Includes albida, antillensis, and noblei; see Varona (1974:75), who included these forms in aguti.

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Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 782, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083