The acrobatic cavy (Kerodon acrobata ) also known as the Acrobatic Moco and Climbing Cavy is a cavy species native to Brazil in the Amazon rainforest. It is found from Goiás state to Tocantins state, west of the Espigão Mestre, Serra Geral de Goiás, and is also found in Terra Ronca State Park.
Acrobatic Cavies are a large rodent averaging 1kg in weight, their fur ranges from dark grey to light brown with orange-brown feet, mostly observed on hindfeet. Their tails are vestigial.
Found in seasonally dry areas of the Amazon rainforest, often in limestone outcrops and emerge to forage and climb trees.
They are herbivores known to eat a generalized diet of leaves, flowers, bud, bark and fruit from 16 different types of native plantations.
