After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Kramarz, 2001, and Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Agoutidae Gray, 1821 [incl. Dasyproctidae Smith, 1842 [non Bonaparte, 1838?]; Pan-Dasyproctidae Smith sensu Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012] [taxonomic history] (pakat, agutit ja pikkuagutit) |?-o †Scotamys Loomis, 1914; U.Olig. SA. | `-- †s. antiquus |--o Agouti Lacépède, 1799; R. NA. CA. SA. [Agoutinae Gray, 1821] [taxonomic history] (pakat) | |-- A. paca (isopaka) | `-- A. taczanowskii (vuoripaka) `--o Dasyproctinae (Smith, 1842) Gray, 1825 [taxonomic history] (agutit ja pikkuagutit) |?- †Andemys termasi Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012 |?- †Australoprocta fleaglei Kramarz, 1998 |?- †Eoincamys pascuali |?- †Eobranisamys romeropittmanae |-- †Palmiramys waltheri Kraglievich, 1932; U.Olig. SA. |?-o †Litodontomys Loomis, 1914 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; U.Olig. SA. ?EAs. [Cephalomyidae Ameghino, 1897 sensu Kramarz, 2001a] | |?- †L. huangheensis U.Olig. EAs. [paleobiogeography make me suspicious of the generic identification] | `-- †L. chubutensis Loomis, 1914 |--o †Incamys Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1970; U.Olig. SA. | `-- †I. bolivianus |--o †Branisamys Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1970 [Villarroelomys Hartenberger, 1975] U.Olig. SA. | `-- †B. luribayensis |?-o †Cephalomys Ameghino, 1897 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Orchiomys] U.Olig. SA. [Cephalomyidae Ameghino, 1897 sensu Kramarz, 2001a] | |-- †C. arcidens | |-- †C. plexus | `-- †C. prorsus |?- †Cephalomyopsis hypselodontus Vucetich, 1985 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; U.Olig. SA. [Cephalomyidae Ameghino, 1897 sensu Kramarz, 2001a] |-- †Neoreomys Ameghino, 1887; L.-M.Mioc. SA. | |-- †N. australis | `-- †N. huilensis |-- †Megastus Roth, 1898 [Megestus Ameghino, 1899] M.Mioc. SA. |-- †Alloiomys Vucetich, 1977; M.Mioc. SA. |--o Myoprocta Thomas, 1903; R. SA. (Acushi; acuchi; acuschy) | |-- M. acouchy (Erxleben, 1777) (Greenish Acuchy; green acouchi; Cutias de Rabo) | `-- M. exilis (Wagler, 1851) (Reddish Acuchi; red acouchi) `--o Dasyprocta Illiger, 1811 [Cloromis F. Cuvier, 1812; Chloromys Lesson, 1827 (non Chloromys Schlosser, 1884)] (Agoutis; agutis)? |-- D. azarae (azaranaguti) |-- D. coibae (Coiba Island Agouti) |-- D. cristata (harjasaguti) |-- D. fuliginosa (Black Agouti, Aguti, Picure) |-- D. guamara (Aguti, Picure) |-- D. kalinowskii |-- D. leporina (Orangerumped Agouti, Cutia, Picure) |-- D. mexicana (Mexican Black Agouti, Cerreti) |-- D. prymnolopha (Blackrumped Agouti, Cutia) |-- D. punctata (Central American Agouti, Picure, Rojizo) `-- D. ruatanica (Ruatan Island Agouti)
Reference(s):
- Bertrand, O. C., Flynn, J. J., Croft, D. A. & Wyss, A. R., 2012: Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna (Chile).
–American Museum Novitates: Vol. #3750, pp. 1-36 [Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Kramarz, A. G., 2005: A primitive cephalomyid hystricognath rodent from the early Miocene of northern Patagonia, Argentina.
–Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: Vol. 50, #2, pp. 249-258
[http://app.pan.pl/acta50/app50-249.pdf] - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629