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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Near Threatened |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
Inhabits the dense and marshy forests of the Orinoco delta, where habitat is always wet and partly inundated during high tide (Patton and Emmons 2015). This is a diurnal and terrestrial species and it feeds on fruits and seeds.
Range:
The Orinoco Agouti is found only in Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela (Ochoa et al. 2005). It occurs only in lowland areas, from 0 m asl to 30 m asl (Linares 1998). It is known from two localities (Gilbert and Lacher 2016, Patton and Emmons 2015).
Conservation:
This rodent occurs in several protected areas (D. Tirira pers. comm).