Order Rodentia (Part 6) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 560 594 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353039 0-89327-235-3 7353039 Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:59 . TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam , Peninka, Peninka Creek and Cennewijne River . DISTRIBUTION: Lesser Antilles; Venezuela ; Guianas; Amazonian and E. Brazil ; introduced into the Virgin Islands . COMMENT: Recognized as D. agouti cayana by Cabrera, 1961:585-586; but see Husson, 1978:457 , 466, who included agouti in this species; may also include cristata . Includes albida, antillensis, and noblei; see Varona, 1974:75 , who included these forms in agouti .