The correct term is agouti. Also referred to as agouti, agouti, Neque, Picure or Guagua. Its scientific name is agouti filiginosa. It is a rodent of medium-sized meat much appreciated for its taste. It abounds in warm and temperate climates of Colombia and Ecuador. It is in the Dasyproctidae family.
The guatuza or agouti is a rodent of the size of the Hare, ears and short tail and high leg who lives in Central America, West Indies and much of South America.He habitat of them agoutis is mainly the understory of the forests tropical and the forest of Gallery, although is adapts to them sheets and fields of culture.