Dasyprocta azarae (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, Check List 16 (2), pp. 323-335 : 331

Dasyprocta azarae (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Azara’s Agouti, Jochi colorado

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Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ( Table 1); first capture on 23 March 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.

Identification. This is a medium-sized rodent (2–4 kg) and is typically grizzled brown, yellowish and black, or grizzled black and orange. The back is rounded and the legs long and skinny. Its taxonomy is not well resolved, but D. azarae should be the only agouti species south of the Beni River in Bolivia.