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Female acouchis have an average oestrus cycle length of around 43 days and have a set breeding season between autumn-spring with a 99-day gestation. Females produce small litters of relatively
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Morris, D. (1962). "The behaviour of the green acouchi (
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404:The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals
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268:. The species is named for
256:, currently in use for the
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1177:Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
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213:genus, part of the family
1172:Mammals described in 1913
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217:. It is found in western
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70:Scientific classification
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800:Central American agouti
794:(Dasyprocta prymnolopha)
770:(Dasyprocta kalinowskii)
754:(Dasyprocta fuliginosa)
610:10.1163/156853973X00472
512:Proc. Zool. Soc. London
284:and so is prone to the
810:(Dasyprocta ruatanica)
587:Kleiman, D.G. (1972).
357:Pocock, R. I. (1913).
1094:Paleobiology Database
808:Ruatan Island agouti
802:(Dasyprocta punctata)
786:(Dasyprocta mexicana)
778:(Dasyprocta leporina)
746:(Dasyprocta cristata)
564:10.1530/jrf.0.0240193
1162:Mammals of Venezuela
792:Black-rumped agouti
768:Kalinowski's agouti
762:(Dasyprocta guamara)
1167:Fauna of the Amazon
1147:Mammals of Colombia
841:(Myoprocta acouchy)
738:(Dasyprocta coibae)
730:(Dasyprocta azarae)
541:Weir, B.J. (1971).
431:Weir, B.J. (1967).
300:Green acouchis are
270:Antwerp Edgar Pratt
221:, west of the Rios
40:Conservation status
1152:Mammals of Ecuador
849:(Myoprocta pratti)
776:Red-rumped agouti
229:, in northwestern
205:) is a species of
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597:Behaviour
361:Myoprocta
318:precocial
282:frugivore
247:Venezuela
155:Species:
148:Myoprocta
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87:Eukaryota
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901:Q9047564
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862:Category
682:Rodentia
676:Mammalia
670:Chordata
668:Phylum:
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489:15740711
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296:Behavior
288:disease
243:Colombia
219:Amazonia
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127:Rodentia
117:Mammalia
107:Chordata
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223:Negro
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