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title: "Aguti meksykański"
description: "Dasyprocta mexicana — Ssaki. The Mexican agouti, (Dasyprocta mexicana), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is a species of rodent in the genus Dasyprocta."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mexican-agouti
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aguti meksykański

> Dasyprocta mexicana — Ssaki. The Mexican agouti, (Dasyprocta mexicana), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is a species of rodent in the genus Dasyprocta.

- Scientific name: *Dasyprocta mexicana*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 466
- Wikidata: [Q1763394](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1763394)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43714](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43714)

## Names

- en: Mexican Agouti
- de: Mexikanisches Aguti
- es: Guaqueque mexicano
- nl: Mexicaanse agoeti
- pl: Aguti meksykański

## Countries with the most observations

MX (399)

## Summary

The Mexican agouti, (Dasyprocta mexicana), also known as the Mexican black agouti, is a 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.

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

## Photo

![Aguti meksykański](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-agouti/medium.jpg)

Photo: Edward Alston · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasyprocta_mexicana.jpg

## Machine access

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