| Red-rumped 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. leporina
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyprocta leporina | |
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Mus aguti Linnaeus, 1766[2] | |
The red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.
- ^ Emmons, L.; Reid, F. (2016). "Dasyprocta leporina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T89497102A22197762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T89497102A22197762.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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.