Black-rumped agouti

Black-rumped agouti
Dasyprocta prymnolopha.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Species:
D. prymnolopha
Binomial name
Dasyprocta prymnolopha
Wagler, 1831
Área de ocupação do Dasyprocta prymnolopha.jpg

The black-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Brazil, and its range roughly equals the Northeast Region. It is named after its black rump which contrasts clearly with the orange body.



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