Common Name: Agouti
Scientific Name: Dasyprocta leporina aguti

Range: Southern Mexico through South America and some Caribbean islands

 

Recommended LINKS & BOOKS

Detailed agouti info from a 1996 study.

If you like Brazil nuts, you need agoutis. Read more here.

Dr. David Macdonald's Encyclopedia of Mammals is one of the great standards for mammal information including the agoutis. Purchase it through Amazon.com by clicking on the photo to help the zoo!

Walker's Mammals of the World Although the photos are mixed quality black and white, this two volume set has great text.

 

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