Example Sentences

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There are lots of parrots, lizards, hummingbirds and agoutis to enjoy too.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2018

Monkeys, agoutis, armadillos and sloths dove from the forest into the water.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2018

Deer, agoutis, magpie-jays, wasps, and monkeys frequent the bowls of water in front of their hut.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015

The research group studied agouti caching on a Panamanian island, Barro Colorado, where they marked 16 agoutis for individual identification and set up video cameras to monitor activity at cache sites.

From Scientific American • Jul. 16, 2012

Such particularly was the fate of the agoutis, which had either forgotten the experience of past seasons or had failed to inherit the cunning of the other wild folk.

From The Black Phantom by Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward)