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title: "Brown Agouti"
description: "Dasyprocta variegata — Mamíferos. The brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae that is native to portions of central or southeastern Peru, east to western Brazil (specifically within the administrative divisions of Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia), south to a strip of Bolivia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/brown-agouti
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brown Agouti

> Dasyprocta variegata — Mamíferos. The brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae that is native to portions of central or southeastern Peru, east to western Brazil (specifically within the administrative divisions of Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia), south to a strip of Bolivia.

- Scientific name: *Dasyprocta variegata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 676
- Wikidata: [Q40654063](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40654063)
- iNaturalist taxon: [607212](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/607212)

## Names

- en: Brown Agouti
- de: Vielfarbiges Aguti
- es: Agutí Rojizo

## Countries with the most observations

PE (282), BO (113), BR (15), AR (8)

## Summary

The brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae that is native to portions of central or southeastern Peru, east to western Brazil (specifically within the administrative divisions of Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia), south to a strip of Bolivia. It was originally regarded as conspecific with the Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), but revised as distinct.
The brown agouti has an orange-brown body, with an average length of 61 cm (24.01 in), and a weight of 1.8 kg (3.96 lbs). Dark head, rump, and midline of the back. Peruvian individuals have a fairly different and…

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

## Photo

![Brown Agouti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-agouti/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zinnia Xu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387564649

## Machine access

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