Agouti Eating Palm Seed (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Agouti Eating Palm Seed

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Could agoutis, common rodents in tropical forests, have taken on the role of extinct gomphotheres, by dispersing large tree seeds?

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Christian Ziegler

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