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More About Agoutis ...
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"The popular term (common) agouti designates several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. They are related to guinea pigs and look quite similar, but their legs are elongated".
Their habitat includes rainforests, savannas and, nowadays, cultivated fields, depending on the species. They conceal themselves at night in hollow tree-trunks, or in burrows among roots. Active and graceful in their movements, their pace is either a kind of trot or a series of springs following one another so rapidly as to look like a gallop.
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Agoutis
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INFO LINKS
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Agouti
Honolulu Zoo
"They are rodents and look a bit like huge tailless rats or squirrels". Categorized information on distribution,habitat, behavior, diet, sounds, reproduction and growth, research, etc. Read More
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Gibnut or agouti
The Belize Zoo
Agouti: Brief Description and pictures. "The gibnut is the most prized game animal of Belize and the Neotropics". Read More
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Agouti
Animals Of The Rainforest
Brief description, taxonomic information, pictures, and links Read More
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