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Dasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. [1] Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees.
The agouti (/ ə ˈ ɡ uː t iː / ⓘ, ə-GOO-tee) or common agouti is many of several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. They are native to Central America , northern and central South America , and the southern Lesser Antilles .
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, [4] is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
The Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. [2] The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico ), through Central America , to northwestern Ecuador , Colombia and far western Venezuela .
The female black agouti is capable of breeding year-round. Also, they are considered to be seasonally polyestrous, meaning the females can go through more than one period of estrus in a single year. [3] One estrus period can last for 24 hours while the estrous cycle can last between 30 and 34 days. [3]
The acouchis (genus Myoprocta) are rodents belonging to the family Dasyproctidae [1] from the Amazon basin.They are generally smaller than agoutis and have very short tails (5 to 7 cm), while agoutis lack tails. [2]
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11604 Ensembl ENSG00000159723 ENSMUSG00000005705 UniProt O00253 P56473 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001138 NM_001271806 NM_007427 RefSeq (protein) NP_001129 NP_001258735 NP_031453 Location (UCSC) Chr 16: 67.48 – 67.48 Mb Chr 8: 106.29 – 106.36 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Agouti-related protein (AgRP), also called agouti-related peptide, is a neuropeptide produced in the ...