A male agouti made a brief escape from the National Zoo Monday night. Zoo officials say "Macadamia" escaped from his outdoor enclosure behind the Small Mammal House just after 7 p.m.

The agouti ain’t no sewer rat: It’s actually a pivotal part of the rainforest ecosystem. Like a weird-looking squirrel, really. Released on 08/08/2016 ...

Living up to their secretive nature, these two newborn agouti are shying away from the limelight. In the wild, they can usually be found hiding in burrows, but at their new home in Newquay Zoo, a ...

Two rare black-rumped agouti, which are the first of their species to be born in the UK, are being looked after by staff at a Cornish zoo. The animals, part of the guinea pig family, have been ...

Brief Communication Published: 11 September 2005 Agouti-related peptide–expressing neurons are mandatory for feeding Eva Gropp, Marya Shanabrough, Erzsebet Borok, Allison W Xu, Ruth Janoschek ...