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--> FAMILY Cuniculidae
--> GENUS Cuniculus
SPECIES Cuniculus paca
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1766. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 81. | | Common Name: | Lowland Paca | | Type Locality: | French Guiana, Cayenne. | | Distribution: | SE San Luis Potosi (Mexico) to Paraguay, Guianas, S Brazil, and NE Argentina. Introduced into Cuba. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Honduras) as Agouti paca; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Agouti paca. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Pérez (1992). Five subspecies are recognized (Cabrera, 1961; Hall, 1981) but their status needs reevaluation. Karyotype has 2n=74 and FN=56 (Fredga, 1966). Preliminary data of the extent of genetic differentiation between geographic separated populations (Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002) suggests that paca may represent populations of more than a single species. |
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