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Cuniculus paca

Description

Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Records. First record was in July 12, 2013, camera trap 5 (25°07.27ʹ S, 049°56.49ʹ W) and subsequently in the monitoring sites (camera traps 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19, see Fig. 1 for coordinates).

Identification. Cuniculus paca is a medium-sized rodent. Identification of the species was based on the pattern of the coat, ranging between brownish-red and dark brown, with a pattern of whitish rounded spots in longitudinal lines.

Notes

Published as part of Pereira, Alan Deivid, Bazilio, Sergio & Orsi, Mário Luís, 2018, Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil, pp. 785-799 in Check List 14 (5) on page 796, DOI: 10.15560/14.5.785

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Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cuniculidae
Genus
Cuniculus
Species
paca
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766) sec. Pereira, Bazilio & Orsi, 2018