| Azara's Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) |
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Brazil
Azara's Agouti is a large rodent found in South America from east-central and south Brazil into Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is found in the Atlantic Rain Forest as well as cerrado and chaco habitats. |
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Felix Manuel de Azara was a Spanish officer in command of the Paraguayan frontier from 1781 to 1801 as well as
being a naturalist. He also has a spinetail (Synallaxis azarae) named after him.
There is an illustration in Emmons, Plate 29. |
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