Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Agoutidae

After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Kramarz, 2001, and Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991

<==o Agoutidae Gray, 1821 [incl. Dasyproctidae Smith, 1842 [non Bonaparte, 1838?]; Pan-Dasyproctidae Smith sensu Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012] [taxonomic history] (pakat, agutit ja pikkuagutit)
   |?-o †Scotamys Loomis, 1914; U.Olig. SA.
   |  `-- †s. antiquus
   |--o Agouti Lacépède, 1799; R. NA. CA. SA. [Agoutinae Gray, 1821] [taxonomic history] (pakat)
   |  |-- A. paca (isopaka)
   |  `-- A. taczanowskii (vuoripaka)
   `--o Dasyproctinae (Smith, 1842) Gray, 1825 [taxonomic history] (agutit ja pikkuagutit)
      |?- †Andemys termasi Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012
      |?- †Australoprocta fleaglei Kramarz, 1998
      |?- †Eoincamys pascuali
      |?- †Eobranisamys romeropittmanae
      |-- †Palmiramys waltheri Kraglievich, 1932; U.Olig. SA.
      |?-o †Litodontomys Loomis, 1914 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; U.Olig. SA. ?EAs. [Cephalomyidae Ameghino, 1897 sensu Kramarz, 2001a]
      |  |?- †L. huangheensis U.Olig. EAs. [paleobiogeography make me suspicious of the generic identification]
      |  `-- †L. chubutensis Loomis, 1914
      |--o †Incamys Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1970; U.Olig. SA.
      |  `-- †I. bolivianus
      |--o †Branisamys Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1970 [Villarroelomys Hartenberger, 1975] U.Olig. SA.
      |  `-- †B. luribayensis
      |?-o †Cephalomys Ameghino, 1897 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Orchiomys] U.Olig. SA. [Cephalomyidae Ameghino, 1897 sensu Kramarz, 2001a]
      |  |-- †C. arcidens
      |  |-- †C. plexus
      |  `-- †C. prorsus
      |?- †Cephalomyopsis hypselodontus Vucetich, 1985 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; U.Olig. SA. [Cephalomyidae Ameghino, 1897 sensu Kramarz, 2001a]
      |-- †Neoreomys Ameghino, 1887; L.-M.Mioc. SA.
      |  |-- †N. australis
      |  `-- †N. huilensis
      |-- †Megastus Roth, 1898 [Megestus Ameghino, 1899] M.Mioc. SA.
      |-- †Alloiomys Vucetich, 1977; M.Mioc. SA.
      |--o Myoprocta Thomas, 1903; R. SA. (Acushi; acuchi; acuschy)
      |  |-- M. acouchy (Erxleben, 1777) (Greenish Acuchy; green acouchi; Cutias de Rabo)
      |  `-- M. exilis (Wagler, 1851) (Reddish Acuchi; red acouchi)
      `--o Dasyprocta Illiger, 1811 [Cloromis F. Cuvier, 1812; Chloromys Lesson, 1827 (non Chloromys Schlosser, 1884)] (Agoutis; agutis)?
         |-- D. azarae (azaranaguti)
         |-- D. coibae (Coiba Island Agouti)
         |-- D. cristata (harjasaguti)
         |-- D. fuliginosa (Black Agouti, Aguti, Picure)
         |-- D. guamara (Aguti, Picure)
         |-- D. kalinowskii
         |-- D. leporina (Orangerumped Agouti, Cutia, Picure)
         |-- D. mexicana (Mexican Black Agouti, Cerreti)
         |-- D. prymnolopha (Blackrumped Agouti, Cutia)
         |-- D. punctata (Central American Agouti, Picure, Rojizo)
         `-- D. ruatanica (Ruatan Island Agouti)

Reference(s):

• Bertrand, O. C., Flynn, J. J., Croft, D. A. & Wyss, A. R., 2012: Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna (Chile).
  –American Museum Novitates: Vol. #3750, pp. 1-36 [Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
  in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
  –Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631
• Kramarz, A. G., 2005: A primitive cephalomyid hystricognath rodent from the early Miocene of northern Patagonia, Argentina.
  –Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: Vol. 50, #2, pp. 249-258
  [http://app.pan.pl/acta50/app50-249.pdf]
• Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
  –The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii
• Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
  –The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629