Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Agouti

They’re in a suborder called Caviomorpha which, for me, contains all of the ‘cool kids’ from Costa Rica’s rodent family– the agouti, spotted paca, Mexican porcupine and two species of rats with secret spines hidden under their fur.

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'WTF is "suborder caviomorpha," some kind of secret society? And why do half their search requests begin with "how to uninstall ___"?'

Manners maketh Caviomorpha.

Hazel makes sure she's presentable before entering the diner.

& Chestnut sploots.

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I may or may not be a sentient, green, glowing crepuscular rodent of the parvorder Caviomorpha.

I can neither confirm nor deny this.

The Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii) aka the #Jamacian #Coney / Grazzie / Mountain rabbit. Is the only living terrestrial mammal endemic to the island of #Jamaica besides🦇. ⁠⁠

A rodent in the group #Caviomorpha which includes Capybara ,Guinea pig ,Agouti ect
📸 Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO)

#Säugetiere ( #Mammalia): #Rüsseltiere ( #Proboscidea), #Primaten: #Neuweltaffen, #Altweltaffen, #Hasenartigen ( #Lagomorpha), #Nagetiere ( #Rodentia), #Meerschweinchenverwandte ( #Caviomorpha), #Mäuseverwandten ( #Myomorpha)

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