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Black Agouti

Dasyprocta fuliginosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 42, February 37, March 29, April 14, May 30, June 42, July 18, August 24, September 16, October 21, November 23, December 25.
Ecuador321
Colombia244
Napo188
Orellana48
Meta45
Casanare44
Vichada40
Sucumbios34
Cundinamarca29
Putumayo28

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyAgoutis and Acouchis · Dasyproctidae
GenusAgoutis · Dasyprocta

Sources

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Practise Black Agouti with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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