Species name: Mexican agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana).
Where found: Southern Mexico, primarily in what’s left of their evergreen and second growth forests. An introduced population also lives in Cuba. Ten other agouti species exist throughout South and Central America, but the Mexican agouti is the most at risk of the lot.
IUCN Red List status: Critically endangered
Major threat: Habitat loss due to agriculture and urban expansion. According to the IUCN, which last assessed the species in 2008, the Mexican agouti lost 89 percent of its habitat over the previous 50 years.
Notable conservation programs: Nada.