Check List 18(5): 995-1003, doi: 10.15560/18.5.995

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

Ingrith Yuliany Mejía-Fontecha^‡, Paula A. Ossa-López^‡, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez^§, Bruce D. Patterson^|, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves^‡

‡ Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia§ Universidad de Caldas, Manizalez, Colombia| Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States of America

Corresponding author: Ingrith Yuliany Mejía-Fontecha ( ingrith1896@gmail.com )

Corresponding author: Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ( hector.ramirez@ucaldas.edu.co )

Academic editor: Átilla Colombo Ferreguetti

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Mejía-Fontecha IY, Ossa-López PA, Rivera-Páez FA, Patterson BD, Ramírez-Chaves HE (2022) Updated distribution map and notes on the cranial morphometry of Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823, Azara’s Agouti (Mammalia, Rodentia, Dasyproctidae), in South America. Check List 18(5): 995-1003. 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.

Keywords

Biological collections, conservation, ecoregions, skull, trail cameras