---
title: "Mooragoeti"
description: "Dasyprocta fuliginosa — Zoogdieren. The black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) is a South American species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-agouti
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mooragoeti

> Dasyprocta fuliginosa — Zoogdieren. The black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) is a South American species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.

- Scientific name: *Dasyprocta fuliginosa*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1955
- Wikidata: [Q1767371](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767371)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43715](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43715)

## Names

- en: Black Agouti
- de: Schwarzes Aguti
- es: Agutí negro
- fr: Agouti cendré
- nl: Mooragoeti
- pt: Cutia-preta
- pl: Aguti czarny

## Countries with the most observations

EC (448), CO (307), BR (68), PE (27)

## Summary

The black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) is a South American species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.

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

## Photo

![Mooragoeti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-agouti/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jonathan Osaru · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13563597

## Machine access

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