Large- and medium-bodied terrestrial mammals of the Upper Berbice region of Guyana
Author
Pierre, Meshach A.
Author
Ignacio, Leroy
Author
Paemelaere, Evi A. D.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1229
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10.15560/16.5.1229
1809-127X
Dasyprocta leporina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Figure 4E
New record.
GUYANA
•
East Berbice-Corentyne
Re- gion (6);
04°07.55′N
,
058°09.99′W
;
21 Sep. 2014
;
cam- era trap
photo
.
Identification.
Identified by its bright red rump, lack of a tail, and overall larger size relative to Red-Rumped Acouchi (
Emmons and Feer 1997
).