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Red rumped agouti predators4/25/2023 Cote ce Cote la: Trinidad & Tobago Dictionary. The Funk & Wagnalls Wildlife Encyclopedia. ^ a b c Burton, Maurice Burton, Robert (1974)."Vernacular Names of South American Mammals". ^ Simpson, George Gaylord (February 1941).Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. ^ " Astrocaryum urostachys Burret, Repert.^ "Smithsonian Institution of Tropical Studies".^ "What's in a name? Sereque or agouti, like a rose, still smells the same".Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Ruatan Island agouti, Dasyprocta ruatanica.Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata.Black-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta prymnolopha.Kalinowski's agouti, Dasyprocta kalinowskii.They can live for as long as 20 years, a remarkably long time for a rodent. Fathers are barred from the nest while the young are very small, but the parents pair bond for the rest of their lives. They are well developed at birth and may be up and eating within an hour. Young are born into burrows lined with leaves, roots and hair. Some species have two litters a year in May and October, while others breed year round. In southern Brazil, their main source of energy is the nut of Araucaria angustifolia.Īgoutis give birth to litters of two to four young after a gestation period of three months. They are regarded as one of the few species (along with macaws) that can open Brazil nuts without tools, mainly thanks to their strength and exceptionally sharp teeth. Sometimes, they can cause damage to sugarcane and banana plantations. In a pinch, they have also been seen eating the eggs of ground-nesting birds and even shellfish on the seashore. They will hoard food in small, buried stores. They eat fallen fruit, leaves and roots, although they may sometimes climb trees to eat green fruit. They may gather in groups of up to 100 to feed. When feeding, agoutis sit on their hind legs and hold food between their fore paws. They take readily to water, in which they swim well. 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. They conceal themselves at night in hollow tree trunks or in burrows among roots. Their habitats include rainforests, savannas, and cultivated fields, depending on the species. Īgoutis are found in forested and wooded areas in Central and South America. In Trinidad, they are renowned for being very fast runners, able to keep hunting dogs occupied with chasing them for hours. In the wild, they are shy animals and flee from humans, while in captivity they may become trusting. Reports differ as to whether they are diurnal or nocturnal animals. Most species are brown on their backs and whitish or buff on their bellies the fur may have a glossy appearance and then glimmers in an orange colour. Agoutis may grow to be up to 60 cm (24 in) in length and 4 kg (8.8 lb) in weight. The molar teeth have cylindrical crowns, with several islands and a single lateral fold of enamel. The tail is very short or nonexistent and hairless. Īgoutis have five toes on their front feet and three toes on their hind feet the first toe is very small. In Panama, it is known as the ñeque and in eastern Ecuador, as the guatusa. In Mexico, the agouti is called the sereque. In West Africa (especially Ivory Coast), the name "agouti" designates the greater cane rat which, while an agricultural pest, is often sought as a bushmeat delicacy. The related pacas were placed by some authorities in a genus called Agouti, though Cuniculus has priority and is the correct term. Their bodies are covered with coarse hair, which is raised when alarmed. The species vary considerably in colour, being brown, reddish, dull orange, greyish, or blackish, but typically with lighter underparts. They are related to guinea pigs and look quite similar, but they are larger and have longer legs. Some species have also been introduced elsewhere in the West Indies. They are native to Middle America, northern and central South America, and the southern Lesser Antilles. The agouti ( / ə ˈ ɡ uː t iː/, ə- GOO-tee) or common agouti is any of several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta.
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