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Red-rumped Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 26, February 24, March 26, April 20, May 20, June 18, July 32, August 42, September 40, October 40, November 26, December 20.
Brazil334
Rio de Jeneiro112
Sao Paulo75
Para73
Espirito Santo33
Venezuela20
Roraima16
Miranda7
Minas Gerais6
Mato Grosso5

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Classification

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

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