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title: "Red-rumped Agouti"
description: "Dasyprocta leporina — Mammals. The red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-rumped-agouti
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-rumped Agouti

> Dasyprocta leporina — Mammals. The red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.

- Scientific name: *Dasyprocta leporina*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1607
- Wikidata: [Q775170](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775170)
- iNaturalist taxon: [852338](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/852338)

## Names

- en: Red-rumped Agouti
- de: Goldaguti
- es: Agutí brasileño
- fr: Agouti doré
- nl: Goudhaas
- pl: Aguti złocisty

## Countries with the most observations

BR (670), GF (266), TT (178), SR (84), VE (35), GY (33), DM (22), MS (22), GP (5), PR (4), LC (3)

## Summary

The red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-rumped_agouti

## Photo

![Red-rumped Agouti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-rumped-agouti/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cristina Hutchison · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296053667

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-rumped-agouti?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).