Updated distribution map and notes on the cranial morphometry of Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823, Azara’s Agouti (Mammalia, Rodentia, Dasyproctidae), in South America

By

Mejía-Fontecha, Ingrith Yuliany
Ossa Lopez, Paula Andrea
Rivera Paez, Fredy Arvey
Patterson, Bruce D.
Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-9-29

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

995--1003

Subjects

biological collections , Conservation , Ecoregions , Skull , trail cameras

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.995

 

Abstract

Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823 is currently distributed in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, with controversial records in Bolivia. Recent records using trail cameras have expanded its distribution in the Chaco region of Paraguay, but its distribution remains unclear because of its morphological similarity to species in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. We present an updated map of distribution of D. azarae based on the review of specimens in biological collections and literature. Our results show that D. azarae is distributed in four biomes, across 11 ecoregions, and has an extent of occurrence of 2,512,985 km2.