Dasyprocta aguti vs rodent

Dasyprocta aguti and rodent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Dasyprocta aguti	Yes	No	No	No
rodent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rodent is a hypernym of Dasyprocta aguti; that is, rodent is a word with a broader meaning than Dasyprocta aguti:

Dasyprocta aguti: agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Other hypernyms of Dasyprocta aguti include gnawer.

Dasyprocta aguti (noun)	rodent (noun)
agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing