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Taxon: Genus Agouti Lacépède, 1799, nom. illeg. - pacas (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Agoutidae

Subsequent positions

Agoutinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

Agoutinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 197.

Alternative positions

*Agoutidae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 783.
*Cuniculinae* (Subfamily) (Miller & Gidley, 1918) Simpson, 1945	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991 [indirect]
*Dasyproctidae* (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 202.

Historical positions

*Agoutinae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 197.
*Agoutidae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 783.
*Dasyproctidae* (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 202.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1993	C.A. Woods	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]

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