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Lowland Paca
Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Cuniculidae - pacas »  genus Cuniculus

Scientific synonyms

Mus paca Linnaeus, 1766
Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766)
Coelogenys paca

Other names

= Agouti
= Common Paca
= Paca
= Spotted Paca

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IUCN category 2018-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Jan Ševčík

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Mgr.Špačková Lucie

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Jan Ševčík

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Elias Neideck

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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juvenile animal

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Cuniculus paca - Lowland Paca

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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Taxon in country check-lists

North America: Belize, Costa Rica, Cubai, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Jaguar

parasite: Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972

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Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [699]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
DE Zootier-Lexikon [277:tiefland-paka-cuniculus-paca&Itemid=282]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2018
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766)]
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