Central American agouti vs screw-pine

Dasyprocta punctata compared with Pandanus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American agouti	screw-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Dasyproctidae	Pandanaceae
Genus	Dasyprocta	Pandanus
Species	Dasyprocta punctata	Pandanus spiralis

Conservation Status

Central American agouti

LC — Least Concern

screw-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American agouti	screw-pine
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.

screw-pine

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.