Brazilian agouti vs rounded rustwort

Dasyprocta leporina compared with Marsupella sparsifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brazilian agouti	rounded rustwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Dasyproctidae	Gymnomitriaceae
Genus	Dasyprocta	Marsupella
Species	Dasyprocta leporina	Marsupella sparsifolia

Conservation Status

Brazilian agouti

LC — Least Concern

rounded rustwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brazilian agouti	rounded rustwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brazilian agouti

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Dominica, Grenada, United States, and Venezuela.

rounded rustwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Brazilian agouti

The Brazilian agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) is a species in the genus Dasyprocta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.