acouchi

(əˈkuːʃɪ) or

acouchy

n, pl -chis or -chies

(Animals) any of several South American rodents of the genus Myoprocta, closely related to the agoutis but much smaller, with a white-tipped tail: family Dasyproctidae

[C19: via French from a native name in Guiana]

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acouchi

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Reproduction in the female green acouchi, Myoprocta pratti.

Biologia reproductiva de Artibeus lituratus y Artibeus jamaicensis (Phyllostomidae: stenodermatinae) en un area urbana en Colombia

Histological and biochemical studies on the ovary and of progesterone levels in the systemic blood of the green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti).

Perfil de la progesterona plasmatica durante durante la prenez y celo posparto del Dasyprocta prymnolopha (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae)

And in August, three pygmy marmosets and two acouchi rodents vanished.

Mystery as zoo loses its penguins; WORLD BULLETINS

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