Central American Agouti

Where to see

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

Soberanía National Park leads · 29 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Central American Agouti during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
2 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
3 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
4 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
5 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
6 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
7 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~60%
8 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
9 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~50%
10 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
11 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
12 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
13 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
14 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
15 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
16 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
17 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
18 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
19 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
20 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
21 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
22 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
23 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
24 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
25 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Central American Agouti?

Soberanía National Park

In Soberanía National Park, Panama, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Central American Agouti sighting on a given day, the highest of the 29 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Central American Agouti?

Manuel Antonio National Park and more

After Soberanía National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Central American Agouti are in Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%), Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 70%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best options are Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 40%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 30%).

When is the best time to see a Central American Agouti?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February–April and September–December in Soberanía National Park (about 70%), December in Manuel Antonio National Park (about 80%) and October in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Central American Agouti on a given day. Each park's Central American Agouti page has the full month-by-month chart.