Talk:Acouchi

Acouchy or Acouchi?

The page has been renamed "Acouchi" --> "Acouchy", but "Acouchi" is used all over the place. Could someone clarify the nomenclature and fix things as needed? Thanks...Jorge Stolfi 05:28, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought it was "acouchi".61.230.72.211 12:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Move info to species pages

Actually this page should be called "Myoprocta" or "Myoprocta (genus)", and reduced to the list of the two species. All the detailed information should be moved to Green Acouchi and Red Acouchi, with appropriate adaptations. The pages "Acouchy" and "Acouchi" should be redirects to "Myoprocta". Sounds right? Jorge Stolfi 05:28, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Local names

Local names and spelling variations should be listed, too. Jorge Stolfi 05:28, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Acouchi mating behavior

An anonymous user just added a parag on acouchy mating behavior. Is that legit? In any case the style is inappropriate. Jorge Stolfi 21:17, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm still trying to find a legitimate reference for this information, sounds very dubious though. Degutopia (talk) 15:47, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Number of species?

Not sure about the differences between M. acouchy and M. exilis, both appear to be called a "red acouchi". Searching for more info here. Degutopia (talk) 15:48, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

There is some taxonomic confusion here. Two species are fairly universially recognized, namely the red and green acouchi, but it is unclear to which species the name acouchy, the oldest in the genus, applies. Red acouchies occur in eastern Amazonia and their oldest name is exilis Wagler, 1831; green acouchies occur in western Amazonia and their oldest name is pratti Pocock, 1913. The problem with acouchy is that it is from French Guiana (red territory), but was described as "olivaceous" (green coloration). Voss et al. (2001, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 263:146-148) discussed this in depth and resolved it by selecting an animal from French Guiana as the neotype of acouchy, thus fixing the name on the red acouchy. Therefore, the correct taxonomy is now M. acouchy for the red and M. pratti for the green. There are some remaining taxonomical difficulties: Brazilian reds may be distinct from others, it is possible that exilis is in fact a green, and the greens are quite variable and may include more than one species.

The current taxonomy on Wikipedia is a mess; I'll try to improve it. Ucucha 16:08, 9 December 2009 (UTC)