Food storing behavior of an agouti.(4.5MB, 00:00:43)Shot Date: 1996/04/22 Shot Location: Barro Colorado Island, Panama | ||
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Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Rodentia >Dasyproctidae >Dasyprocta >
An agouti is caching a big seed in a small pit that he/she excavates and then covers. Agoutis store food for times of fruit scarcity.
Eisenberg, J. F. 1989 Mammals of the Neotropics: The Northern Neotropics Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pp397-399.
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