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Agoutis
Dasyprocta
The term agouti (Spanish: agutí, pronounced ) or common agouti designates several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. They are native to Middle America, northern and central South America, and the southern Lesser Antilles. Some species have also been introduced elsewhere in the West Indies. They are related to guinea pigs and look quite similar, but are larger and have longer legs. The species vary considerably in colour, being brown, reddish, dull orange, greyish or blackish, but...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Central American Agouti
speciesDasyprocta punctata
Azara's Agouti
speciesDasyprocta azarae
Black Agouti
speciesDasyprocta fuliginosa
Red-rumped Agouti
speciesDasyprocta leporina
Brown Agouti
speciesDasyprocta variegata
Mexican Agouti
speciesDasyprocta mexicana
Iack's Red-rumped Agouti
speciesDasyprocta iacki
Black-rumped Agouti
speciesDasyprocta prymnolopha
Coiban Agouti
speciesDasyprocta coibae
Kalinowski's Agouti
speciesDasyprocta kalinowskii
Orange Agouti
speciesDasyprocta croconota
Orinoco Agouti
speciesDasyprocta guamara
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43711.