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Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black AgoutiDasyprocta fuliginosa
Brown AgoutiDasyprocta variegata
Azara's AgoutiDasyprocta azarae
Mexican AgoutiDasyprocta mexicana
Red-rumped AgoutiDasyprocta leporina
Coiba AgoutiDasyprocta coibae
CapybaraHydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Spotted PacaCuniculus paca
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Costa Rica | 3,738 |
|---|---|
| Provincia Puntarenas | 2,157 |
| Mexico | 2,077 |
| Quintana Roo | 1,794 |
| Panama | 1,653 |
| Ecuador | 1,103 |
| Colombia | 919 |
| Provincia de Panamá | 689 |
| Colón Province | 640 |
| Pichincha | 467 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Mammals · Mammalia |
| Order | Rodents · Rodentia |
| Family | Agoutis and Acouchis · Dasyproctidae |
| Genus | Agoutis · Dasyprocta |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Central American Agouti with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.