Brazilian Agouti
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| Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Brazilian Agouti, Dasyprocta leporina, is a South American agouti species from the Dasyproctidae family. It is found in Venezuela, Guiana, French Guiana and Brazil. It has also been introduced to the Lesser Antilles. In Brazil the name for this rodent is "cutia" (IPA: ku'tʃia).
[edit] References
- Baillie (1996). Dasyprocta leporina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
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