Mexican agouti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Species:
D. mexicana
Binomial name
Dasyprocta mexicana
Saussure, 1860
Distribution range, green - native, blue - introduced

The Mexican agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is native to lowland evergreen forest and second growth in southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco), but has also been introduced to Cuba. This critically endangered species is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Its overall blackish color separates it from the only other agouti found in Mexico, the Central American agouti.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Vázquez, E.; Emmons, L.; Reid, F.; Cuarón, A.D. (2008). "Dasyprocta mexicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T6285A12596623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6285A12596623.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Reid, Fiona A. (1997). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press. pp. 242–244. ISBN 9780195343236.


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