Agouti Ponctué vs Variable Dancer

Dasyprocta punctata compared with Argia fumipennis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agouti Ponctué	Variable Dancer
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Dasyproctidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Dasyprocta	Argia
Species	Dasyprocta punctata	Argia fumipennis

Evolutionary Relationship

Agouti Ponctué and Variable Dancer share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Agouti Ponctué

LC — Least Concern

Variable Dancer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agouti Ponctué	Variable Dancer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agouti Ponctué

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Variable Dancer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

Agouti Ponctué

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.