|
AGOUTI , or AGUTt, the See also:West See also:Indian name of Dasyprocta aguti, a 'terrestrial rodent of the See also:size of a See also:rabbit, See also:common to See also:Trinidad and See also:Guiana, and classed in the See also:family Caviidae. Under the same See also:term may be included the other See also:species of Dasyprocta, of which there are about See also:half a See also:score in tropical See also:America. Agoutis are slender-limbed rodents, with five front and three See also:hind toes (the first front toe very See also:minute), and very See also:short tails. The See also:hair, especially on the hind-quarters, is coarse and somewhat rough; the See also:colour being generally rufous See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown. The molar See also:teeth have cylindrical crowns, with several islands and a single lateral See also:fold of See also:enamel when worn. In habits agoutis are nocturnal, dwelling in forests, where they conceal themselves during the See also:day in hollow See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree-trunks, or in burrows among roots. Active and graceful in their movements, their See also:pace is either a See also:kind of trot or a See also:series of springs following one another so rapidly as to look like a gallop. They take readily to See also:water, in which they swim well. Their See also:food comprises leaves, roots, nuts and other fruits. They do much harm to plantations of See also:sugar-See also:cane and bananas. In captivity the See also:females produce only one or two See also:young at a See also:birth.
End of Article: AGOUTI
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!