Cuniculus
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| Pacas Fossil range: Recent |
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AgoutidaeGray, 1821 |
The genus Cuniculus contains the two species of paca. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae.
[edit] Species
- Paca, Cuniculus paca
- Mountain Paca, Cuniculus taczanowskii
[edit] References
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

