| Black-rumped agouti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae |
| Genus: | Dasyprocta |
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D. prymnolopha
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| Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler, 1831 | |
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The black-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemictoBrazil, and its range roughly equals the Northeast Region. It is named after its black rump which contrasts clearly with the orange body.
| Dasyprocta prymnolopha |
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