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Mexican agouti

Rodents
The Mexican agouti, also known as the Mexican black agouti, is 1 of 13 species of rodent in the genus Dasyprocta. This species was first discovered in 1860 in Veracruz, Mexico and described by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure. Wikipedia
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (Population decreasing)
Scientific name: Dasyprocta mexicana
Mass: 6 lbs (Adult)
Trophic level: Herbivorous
Family: Dasyproctidae
Class: Mammalia