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Crested agouti

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Crested agouti
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dasyproctidae
Genus:	Dasyprocta
Species:	D. cristata
Binomial name
*Dasyprocta cristata* (Desmarest, 1816)

The crested agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemictoGuyana and Suriname.^[1] Its taxonomic status is uncertain and it may be synonymous with Dasyprocta leporina, leading the IUCN to rate it as Data Deficient.^[1]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Dasyprocta cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.old-form url

^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

v t e Extant species of family Dasyproctidae
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Infraorder: Hystricognathi Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Dasyprocta (Agoutis)	Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) Coiban agouti (Dasyprocta coibae) Crested agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) Orinoco agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) Kalinowski's agouti (Dasyprocta kalinowskii) Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) Mexican agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana) Black-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) Ruatan Island agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica)
Myoprocta (Acouchis)	Red acouchi (Myoprocta acouchy) Green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti)
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Dasyprocta cristata

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