Central American agouti vs hora

Dasyprocta punctata compared with Dipterocarpus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Central American agouti is Least Concern while hora is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American agouti	hora
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Dasyproctidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Dasyprocta	Dipterocarpus
Species	Dasyprocta punctata	Dipterocarpus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Central American agouti

LC — Least Concern

hora

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American agouti	hora
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central American agouti

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

hora

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Central American agouti

The Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species in the genus Dasyprocta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Venezuela.