Humpback hare - a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents.Another of his name - "agouti", and in Latin - Dasyprocta.Externally similar to a guinea pig, but of course it is much longer.The average weight of this animal - about 4 kg, and the length of the body - about 0.6 m.
Back at the agouti convex, rounded, you can say, hunchbacked (hence the name).The head is oblong with rounded small ears.Stumpy tail.On the hind legs separated by only three long fingers, and shorter front - four and a rudiment of the fifth.Humpback rabbit fur is a tough short but thick and glossy.The color of the back and limbs can be from golden to black, but the belly is always light.The teeth are well developed, especially the front.Surprisingly, the upper incisors in red, and the bottom - yellow.
Agouti live in small herds or in pairs.They dwell in the forest plains and dense forests in the lower reaches of the rivers of Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Suriname.As housing use burrows between rocks on the banks of ponds and hollows under the roots are for temporary stay.During the day, the hunchbacked bunny prefers to rest up in shelters, leaving them only with the full confidence of security.Fleeing can swim a certain distance, while never ducking.
feed hunchbacked bunny comes only with the sunset, when the weather is good it can be to scour the night away.It feeds on nuts, seeds, juicy fruits, and certain herbs that are eaten whole, up to the roots.Food keeps as protein forepaws.Any uneaten hoard reserve.It can climb up an inclined tree for juicy fruit.
Agouti - a harmless creature, like all the family.Rodents many enemies lying in wait, such as big cats, dogs and Brazil, of course, people.Subtlety of smell and agility often save them from destruction.The animal, being in the bush, always on the alert.Sometimes he raises his front leg and leans on his elbows and listens.In an emergency, he is able to develop the most space velocity.
jump similar to antelope hunchbacked bunny.What a way to travel, he chooses?And gallop and trot and slow step available to him.Getting around can jump 6 meters in length and 2 m in height.With the development of smell and hearing this animal has poor eyesight.Mental abilities, it does not shine, though the area is able to remember.
Agouti very fertile.During mating season, males compete fiercely for females, sometimes causing each other serious injury.She initially runs from the winner, but the whistling chasing it until you get their way.
Pregnant females are found at any time of the year.As a rule, there are two litters a year, each of which 1 to 3 cubs.Leverets born sighted and quite large.Female breastfeed their young for several weeks.When the young grow up, it is still some time leads them, teaching and protecting foraging.
agouti meat valued little, can be consumed only in extreme cases.Humpback Bunny can cause serious damage to the banana plantations and sugar cane.In captivity can live up to 20 years in the wild - a lot less.
