Ruatan Island agouti: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Ruatan Island agouti Dasyprocta ruatanica Endangered

Where the Ruatan Island agouti lives – recorded in 1 country, 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-collected museum specimen (a central record among 11 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Dasyprocta ruatanica
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Dasyproctidae

Where does the Ruatan Island agouti live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Ruatan Island agouti in 1 country or territory across North America.

Honduras

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 Ruatan Island agouti endangered?

The Ruatan Island agouti’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Ruatan Island agouti?

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

About the Ruatan Island agouti

The Ruatan Island agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica), also called the Roatán Island agouti, is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to the island of Roatán, off the north coast of Honduras.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ruatan Island agouti (revision 1315177757), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763019 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).