Central American agouti vs rambai

Dasyprocta punctata compared with Baccaurea motleyana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American agouti	rambai
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Dasyproctidae	Phyllanthaceae
Genus	Dasyprocta	Baccaurea
Species	Dasyprocta punctata	Baccaurea motleyana

Conservation Status

Central American agouti

LC — Least Concern

rambai

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American agouti	rambai
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.

rambai

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.