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Definition of Dasyprocta
1. Noun. Type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dasyproctidae, Family Dasyproctidae
Member holonyms: Agouti, Dasyprocta Aguti
Medical Definition of Dasyprocta
1. A genus of rodents of the guinea pig family, a reservoir host of Trypanosoma cruzi. Synonym: agouti. Origin: G. Dasyproktos, having hairy buttocks (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dasyprocta
Literary usage of Dasyprocta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1897)
"ON THE MYOLOGY OF DOLICHOTIS PAT AGONIC A AND Dasyprocta ... and that of Dasyprocta
cristata, the West Indian Agouti, has been studied by Messrs Mivart and ..."
2. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"Dasyprocta CRISTATA. Crested Agouti. ... with rufous: a large tuft of long black
hairs on the back of the head. Inhabits Surinam (and Peru?) Dasyprocta ..."
3. List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1843)
"Dasyprocta Aguti, Illiger. Mus Lepo- rinus var. Linn. M. Aguti, Linn. ...
Dasyprocta albida, Gray, Ann. and Mag. NH 1842, 264. a. Imperfect. ..."
4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"Dasyprocta (9 sp.), the agouti, ranges from Mexico to Paraguay, one species
inhabiting the small West Indian islands of St. Vincent, Lucia, ..."
5. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Presented by Mr. A. Melhuish, July 5, 1881. 405. Dasyprocta cristata ...
Dasyprocta mexicana, De Saussure. Mexican Agouti. Hab. Mexico. a. ..."
6. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Dasyprocta Aguti. Var. 558. Skull of the Aguti, or Java Hare. Hunterian. ...
Dasyprocta leporina. Hunterian. In this specimen, the teeth have been removed ..."
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