Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:81.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: SE San Luis Potosi (Mexico) to Paraguay, Guianas, and S Brazil. Introduced into Cuba.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Honduras).

SYNONYMS: alba, fulvus, guanta, mexicanae, sublaevis, subniger, venezuelica.