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 punctata punctata
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata bellula
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata boliviae
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata callida
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata chiapensis
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata chocoensis
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata columbiana
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata dariensis
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata isthmica
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata nuchalis
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata pallidiventris
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata pandora
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata richmondi
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata underwoodi
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata urucuma
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata variegata
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata yucatanica
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata yungarum
      Subspecies - Dasyprocta punctata zamorae