Dasyprocta ruatanica — Overview

Roatán Island Agouti learn more about names for this taxon

IUCN threat status:

Endangered (EN)

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This species is presumably endemic to Roatán Island, Honduras (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005). There are peccary populations on several other nearby islands that are thought to be transplants, however, it is not known which species they represent (Emmons pers. comm.).

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