Black agouti: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Black agouti Dasyprocta fuliginosa Least concern

Where the black agouti lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 6,599 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Dasyproctidae

Where does the black agouti live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black agouti in 4 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the black agouti endangered?

The black agouti’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black agouti?

The black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Dasyproctidae, genus Dasyprocta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black agouti

The black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) is a South American species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black agouti (revision 1313905293), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767371 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).