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"Guatusa" or "Cherenga"

Dasyprocta punctata

Photo by CesarS
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Description:

They live in dry forests, gallery forests, rain forests, old secondary forests. Form pairs and are diurnal. They use as refuge caves dug into the ground, also shelter under fallen logs or gaps between stones.

Habitat:

They live in dry forests, gallery forests, rain forests, old secondary forests.

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Especies de Costa Rica - Dasyprocta punctata

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