Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Voss, Robert S., Fleck, David W. & Jansa, Sharon A., 2019, Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 5. Rodents, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (466), pp. 1-180 : 95

Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

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VOUCHER MATERIAL (N = 3): Nuevo San Juan (MUSM 11238), Quebrada Esperanza (FMNH 88899), Santa Cecilia (FMNH 86922). Additionally, Pavlinov (1994) reported four ZMMU specimens from Jenaro Herrera that we have not seen.

UNVOUCHERED OBSERVATIONS: Actiamë ( Amanzo, 2006), Divisor ( Jorge and Velazco, 2006), Itia Tëbu ( Amanzo, 2006), Jenaro Herrera ( Ríos et al., 1974; Tovar, 2011), Río Yavarí ( Salovaara et al., 2003), Río Yavarí-Mirím ( Salovaara et al., 2003), Tapiche ( Jorge and Velazco, 2006), San Pedro ( Valqui, 1999, 2001).

IDENTIFICATION: Like the capybara (see above), Cuniculus paca (formerly Agouti paca ; Patton, 2015b) is a widespread, monotypic, and morphologically unmistakable species. Most cranial measurements of our single adult voucher (table 31) are within the range of morphometric variation among topotypical (northeastern Ama-