Crested Agouti
Dasyprocta leporina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyDasyproctidae (Agoutis and Acouchis)
- GenusDasyprocta (Agoutis)
- SpeciesDasyprocta leporina (Crested Agouti)
Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 4 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Crested Agouti in Brownsberg Nature Park?
About 46% of visitor-days record a Crested Agouti sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Crested Agouti in Brownsberg Nature Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Crested Agouti in Brownsberg Nature Park in our monthly data.