The thieving habits of agoutis could be responsible for the salvation of tropical rainforests

It is hypothesized that large seeds produced by a number of tropical trees were once dispersed by giant mammals, similar to today’s elephants, called gomphotheres. Gomphotheres would have ingested and defecated the seeds, dispersing them across large distances; however, the last gomphotheres are believed to have gone extinct approximately 10,000 years ago.   

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