Red-rumped agouti
| Red-rumped agouti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae |
| Genus: | Dasyprocta |
| Species: | D. leporina |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyprocta leporina | |
| Geographic range | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Mus aguti Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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.