Ruatan Island agouti

Ruatan Island Agouti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Species:
D. ruatanica
Binomial name
Dasyprocta ruatanica
Thomas, 1901

The Ruatan Island agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica), also called the Roatán Island agouti, is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to the island of Roatán, off the north coast of Honduras.[1]

  1. ^ a b Schipper, J.; Emmons, L.; McCarthy, T. (2016). "Dasyprocta ruatanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6287A22198054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6287A22198054.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.