Cuniculus

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Pacas
Fossil range: Recent
Agouti paca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Family: Cuniculidae
Miller & Gidley, 1918
Genus: Cuniculus
Brisson, 1762
Species

Cuniculus paca
Cuniculus taczanowskii

Synonyms

AgoutidaeGray, 1821
Agouti Lacépède, 1799

The genus Cuniculus contains the two species of paca. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae.

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[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.