Acouchy


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A`cou´chy


n.1.(Zool.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Ecology and social life of the red acouchy, Myoprocta exilis; comparison with the orange-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta leporina.
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Contencao farmacologica da cutiara (Myoprocta acouchy) pela associacao de cetamina, xilazina e atropina, em doses calculadas por meio de extrapolacao alometrica interespecifica.