PacaAgouti paca Makushi name: Urana Creole name: Labba Size: body=70 cm; weight=8 kg Description: Large bodied and stocky; reddish-brown with four obvious lines or stripes of white spots from shoulder to rump on each side, and a very short, inconspicuous tail. This is the second-largest rodent in Iwokrama. Bright red eyeshine. Activity: Terrestrial, nocturnal, it is often active late in the evening (midnight or later), especially in areas where it is frequently hunted (it is prized for its tasty flesh). Habits: Solitary or sometimes in male-female pairs. Usually silent. Often seen as it forages for fruit on the forest floor and especially along creeks, streams, and rivers. Habitat: Forest, secondary brush. Signs: Relatively broad tracks (40 mm wide or more in adults) with four toes showing on the front track and three on the hind. Status: Often common. Distribution in Iwokrama

Red-rumped AgoutiDasyprocta leporina Makushi name: Akuri, Maikupiyu, Ewaropaimî, Iwoto, Kanskiîmî, Kusiwî Creole name: Accurrie, Akuri Size: body=50 cm; weight=3.5 kg Description: Medium-sized, long-legged rodent with large, rectangular head–rather like a short-eared rabbit on stilts. Head, back, and shoulders grey-black, with crest of black hairs on neck and shoulders; contrasting rump bright orangish-red and covered with long erectile hairs; belly grizzled grey; tiny, inconspicuous tail. Activity: Diurnal (most active in early morning or late afternoon), terrestrial. Habits: Solitary, or in male-female pairs. Feeds on nuts, seeds and fruit, and sometimes buries its food in shallow pits for later use. Easiest to observe at dawn or dusk near fruiting trees or traveling along habitually used paths. Calls include barks, grunts, and squeals, and may drum its hindfeet on the ground in alarm. Habitat: Primary or secondary forest. Occurs throughout the forest, although most common in areas of dense brush or undergrowth, and near streams or swamps. Signs: Distinctive tracks 25 mm (forefoot) to 30 mm (hindfoot) in width. Print of hindfoot with three elongated toes and pointed claws, forefoot showing three or four toes, depending on depth of the print. Status: Locally common in Iwokrama. Distribution in Iwokrama

Common PorcupineCoendou prehensilis Makushi name: Aru Creole name: Hedge Hog, Pimpla Hog Size: body=40 cm; tail=30 cm; weight=2 kg Description: Stocky with a bulbous snout, and small eyes; body conspicuously covered with rounded, stiff, barbed quills with pale yellowish tips, lending the animal a greyish-white cast when seen from a distance; face white with pink nose and lips. Short, muscular tail is prehensile (grasping), naked on top near the tip and curls backwards, grasping with the upper surface. Another species, the dwarf porcupine (Coendou melaneura) is smaller and darker and has long dark hairs that partially cover its spines. Activity: Nocturnal (sometimes active in late afternoon), arboreal. Habits: Solitary. Feeds on seeds, fruits, and young leaves. Typically slow and deliberate, but can move quickly. During the day it rests in hollow tree dens or sits quietly on a tree branch in the canopy. Usually silent, calls include a long moan. Habitat: Primary or secondary lowland forest. Signs: It has a characteristic, strong odour that can be used to locate the animal and identify its den, which often contain piles of droppings. Status: Has not been recorded from Iwokrama, but almost certainly occurs in the forest