| Mexican agouti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae |
| Genus: | Dasyprocta |
| Species: | D. mexicana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure, 1860
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| Distribution range, green - native, blue - introduced | |
The Mexican agouti, (Dasyprocta mexicana), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is 1 of 13 species of rodent in the genus Dasyprocta. This species was first discovered in 1860 in Veracruz, Mexico and described by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure.
- ^ 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.