- When referring to a rodent, can mean:
- --- those popularly called or ''' Common Agouti s''' (genus '' Dasyprocta '').
- --- those of the genus '' (also called ''Cuniculus''); mainly ''Agouti paca'', the Paca .
- --- those of the family Dasyproctidae , which, besides the Common Agouti s and the Paca s, includes the Acouchi s.
- The term refers to animals with banded, or brindled, fur — each individual guard hair is not one solid color but instead has "stripes" of (usually) black, brown and white producing an animal which is not a solid color but appears speckled or brindled. Animals commonly displaying an agouti color phase are Mice and Rabbits .
- ---The is responsible for the Bay coloring of horses. It acts on the black base coat (see Equine Coat Color Genetics ) to restrict the black only to the horse's ''points'' (mane, tail, lower legs).
- ---The refers to the Specific Gene In A Cat which gives it a Tabby (striped) fur-coat pattern; see also Bicolor Cat .
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