Family Dasyproctidae Gray 1825 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae

Parent taxon: Cavioidea according to N. S. Upham and B. D. Patterson 2015

See also Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Huchon and Douzery 2001, Kramarz et al. 2010, Lavocat 1976, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Patterson and Wood 1982, Vucetich et al. 2010, Wood 1958 and Wood and Patterson 1959

Sister taxa: Agoutidae, Andemys, Asteromys, Banderomys, Caviidae, Chubutomys, Cuniculidae, Eobranisamys, Eocardia, Eocardiidae, Guiomys, Hydrochoeridae, Luantus, Microcardiodon, Neoreomys, Soriamys

Subtaxa: Alloiomys Australoprocta Dasyprocta Mesoprocta Microscleromys Myoprocta

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Type: Dasyprocta

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (12 collections), Panama (1), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (10), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Chile (2), Colombia (5), Peru (2)

• Deseadan of Bolivia (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 39 collections including 48 occurrences

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