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Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Agoutis are rodents. Like squirrels, Agoutis frequently hide seeds and they uses them in periods of hunger.

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Comments (5)
p.young713
Yes it is very interesting, it has the face of a squirrel too!!
HemaShah
I find the fact that they hide seeds interesting!
p.young713
Interesting animal!! You can open a Youtube account and download your video into Youtube.
Juan DiTrani
yep, I also have a video, unfortunately is not on Youtube so I can't upload it
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2011

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