Central American agouti: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Central American agouti lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dasyprocta punctata
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Dasyproctidae

Where does the Central American agouti live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Central American agouti in 9 countries and territories across North America and South America.

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 Central American agouti endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Central American agouti?

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

About the Central American agouti

The Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecuador, Colombia and far western Venezuela. A highly disjunct population is found in southeastern Peru, far southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, western Paraguay and far northwestern Argentina. The disjunct population has been treated as a separate species, the brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata), but a major review of the geographic variation is necessary. The Central American agouti has also been introduced to Cuba and the Cayman Islands.

Though some populations are reduced due to hunting and deforestation, large populations remain and it is not considered threatened.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Central American agouti (revision 1355906087), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1762247 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).