agouti's Usage Examples:

tamanduas, pacas, white-nosed coatis, raccoons, sloths, agoutis, mantled howlers and white-headed capuchins.

The agouti gene (ASIP) is responsible for variations in color in many species.

Agouti-related protein (AgRP), also called agouti-related peptide, is a neuropeptide produced in the brain by the AgRP/NPY neuron.

guinea pigs and the capybara, chinchillas and viscachas, tuco-tucos, agoutis, pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats, New World porcupines, coypu and octodonts.

all agoutis are often called "cutia" [kuˈtʃiɐ].

A number of animals were named after him, including Azara's night monkey (Aotus azarae), Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae), Azara's grass mouse (Akodon azarae), Azara's spinetail (Synallaxis azarae), and Azara's tree iguana (Liolaemus azarai ).

coibae Crested agouti, D.

Like the common agoutis, but unlike the much larger pacas, acouchis are active at day and feed on fruit.

Like other agoutis, the black agouti is diurnal, lives alone or in pairs, and feeds on fruits.

In contrast, tabby cats have an agouti gene that produces.

) The Agouti gene, with its dominant A allele and recessive a allele, controls the coding for agouti signaling protein (ASIP; Q865F0).

The agoutis of the genus Dasyprocta are locally known as "cutias".

These species include the spotted paca, Mantled howler, night monkey, black-headed spider monkey, jaguar, ocelot, Central American agouti, American crocodile and the capybara.

Synonyms:

genus Dasyprocta, Dasyprocta aguti, gnawer, rodent, Dasyprocta,