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Data DeficientАгу́ти Азары (лат. Dasyprocta azarae) — грызун из семейства агутиевые. Вид назван в честь испанского путешественника-натуралиста Феликса де Азара (1742—1821).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Common agouti
- Image
- Dasyprocta azarae 1.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Data Deficient
- Commons category
- Dasyprocta azarae
- taxon name
- Dasyprocta azarae
- taxon common name
- Azara-Aguti
- longest observed lifespan
- 11.8
- taxon range
- Belém
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Encyclopedic overview
Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. Found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, it is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara. The population is unknown and may have gone locally extinct in some areas due to hunting; it is listed as vulnerable in Argentina.
Behaviour
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Azara's agouti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.