NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2010

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Dasyproctidae
  Infraorder - Hystricognathi
  Suborder - Hystricomorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Dasyprocta azarae
      Species - Dasyprocta coibae
      Species - Dasyprocta cristata
      Species - Dasyprocta fuliginosa
      Species - Dasyprocta guamara
      Species - Dasyprocta kalinowskii
      Species - Dasyprocta leporina
      Species - Dasyprocta mexicana
      Species - Dasyprocta prymnolopha
      Species - Dasyprocta punctata
      Species - Dasyprocta ruatanica