In Brazil, it is the name of a municipality and belongs to the State of Amapá. Plural cutia . Cutia is the name given to two very different animals. One is a medium or small rodent from America, resembling a ñing, guatuza or borugo. They belong to the genus Dasyprocta and the family Dasyproctidae. The other animal is a passerhorbird bird, typical of the Himalayas and Southeast Asia, of the family Leiothrichidae. It is also called the genus of these birds. .