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Cuniculus paca

Description

Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lowland Paca, Jochi pintado

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Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 3, 6, 11, 12 (Table 1); first capture on 4 April 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.

Identification. This is a robust, medium-sized to large (6-10 kg), nocturnal rodent. The body is covered by short, brown fur with longitudinal rows of white spots.

Notes

Published as part of Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia's Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, pp. 323-335 in Check List 16 (2) on page 331, DOI: 10.15560/16.2.323

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