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Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Mostly brown fur mixed with black hairs

Habitat:

Saw these guys all over the resort in the patches of jungle.

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Central American agouti

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Comments (2)
Juan DiTrani
these animals are supposedly tasty,but I have never try one

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Yucatan Peninsula Biodiversity
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedAugust 13, 2014

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