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GENUS Cuniculus

Author:Brisson, 1762.
Citation:Regn. Anim. 2nd ed.: 13, 98.
Type Species:Mus paca Linnaeus, 1766.
Comments:The generic name of this taxon has been debated (see Pérez, 1992), but the nomenclatural instability of this genus was resolved by the ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998) for the conservation of Cuniculus Brisson, 1762.
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SPECIES paca

SUBSPECIES paca

SUBSPECIES guanta

SUBSPECIES mexicanae

SUBSPECIES nelsoni

SUBSPECIES virgata

SPECIES taczanowskii

Synonyms:

    Agouti Lacépède, 1799
    Caelogenus Fleming, 1822
    Caelogenys Agassiz, 1842
    Coelogenus Cuvier, 1807
    Coelogenys Illiger, 1811
    Mamcoelogenysus Herrera, 1899
    Osteopera Harlan, 1825
    Paca Fischer, 1814
    Stictomys Thomas, 1924

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