Family Agoutidae

REVIEWED BY: M. A. Mares (MAM); T. Pearson (TP); C. A. Woods (CAW).

COMMENT: There is no general agreement concerning the familial or subfamilial status of this taxon; see Husson, 1978:472, and Cabrera, 1961:593 ( Agoutidae), Hall, 1981: 858 (Agoutinae of the Dasyproctidae), Starrett, 1967, in Anderson and Jones, p. 269 (Cuniculinae of the Dasyproctidae), and Ellerman, 1940:221 ( Cuniculidae).