Taxonomic history of the genus Dasyprocta

After Mckenna & Bell, 1997, and Alroy, 2002-2005

    Dasyprocta Illiger, 1811
        Mamdasyproctaus Herrera, 1899
      ?including:
        Cloromis F. Cuvier, 1812
        Chloromys (F. Cuvier) Rafinesque, 1815
        Chloromys Lesson, 1827
            (non Chloromys (von Meyer, MS.) Schlosser, 1884, a subgenus of †Stenofiber)

Reference(s):

Alroy, J., 2002-2005: North American fossil mammal systematics database.
–iNet: North American fossil mammal systematics database: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/nafmsd.html [visited: 2005-07-06]
McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631