[1] They are herbivores known to eat a generalized diet of leaves, flowers, bud, bark and fruit[2][3] from 16 different types of native plantations.

Found in fragments of dry forest associated with limestone outcrops in the Cerrado savanna of central Brazil.

Acrobatic Cavies are a large rodent averaging 1 kg in weight, their fur ranges from dark grey to light brown with orange-brown feet, mostly observed on hindfeet.

"Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks & Langguth 1997 - Plazi TreatmentBank".

"Diet and trophic niche breadth of the rare acrobatic cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae) in a seasonal environment".