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Red-rumped agouti
Species of rodent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.
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Red-rumped agouti | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Dasyproctidae |
Genus: | Dasyprocta |
Species: | D. leporina |
Binomial name | |
Dasyprocta leporina | |
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Synonyms | |
Mus aguti Linnaeus, 1766[2] |
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