NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Dasyprocta
  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

      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina leporina
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina albida
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina cayana
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina croconota
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina fulva
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina lunaris
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina maraxica
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta leporina noblei