Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Torres-Porras, Jeronimo, Cobos, Marlon E, Seoane, José Manuel & Aguirre, Nikolay, 2017, Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador, Check List 13 (4), pp. 35-45 : 42

Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766) : Figure 9

Agouti paca Linnaeus 1766 .

Cuniculus paca — Tirira 2007, Emmons 2016b.

Material examined: Table 1.

Short pelage, copious and somewhat rough; dorsum reddish brown to uniform dark brown, with abundant white spots from the neck to the hips, arranged in four lateral lines not very defined on each side of the back; cheeks, throat, chest and belly, creamy white; large square head, bulging cheeks; eyes large and well separated; short ears and long vibrisas; tiny tail, naked and hidden among the pelage ( Tirira 2007).