Cuniculus paca (rodent)

Mass: 7.4 kg based on Beck-King et al. 1999, Dubost and Henry 2006, Gutierrez et al. 2017, Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001, Sanderson 1949, Costa et al. 2010, and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: frugivore based on Beck-King et al. 1999 and Dubost and Henry 2006

Abundance: 0.24 to 31.82% (median 4.55%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 22.2°

Habitats: (3), desert/xeric shrubland (1), mangrove (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (13), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (30), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

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Found in 53 samples

Argentina: Iguazù National Park (on roads)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Caxiuanä National Forest (March), Estação Biológica de Santa Lùcia (primary forest), Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, Carlos Botelho State Park, Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2006/2007), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Humaitâ Forest Reserve, Ibicuí River, Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park (camera trapping), Una and Arataca (forest), Una and Arataca (cabruca), Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Reserva Biológica de Araras, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Reserva Ecológica Michelin (floresta), Terra do Meio Ecological Station I, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic, Lapa do Santo (Early Holocene), Lapa do Santo (Middle Holocene)

Colombia: Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2010-2), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2011), Aguazuque Occupation 1

Costa Rica: San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor, Pacuare Nature Reserve, Piedras Blancas National Park

Ecuador: Chorongo, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Marina y Costera Pacoche

Honduras: Rio Sikre

Mexico: Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (lluvias), Sierra Region (secondary forest)

Nicaragua: Siuna (mammals, primary forest), Siuna (mammals, secondary forest), Siuna (mammals, allspice)

Panama: Ecoparque Panama

Paraguay: Isla Alta

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass8200 kgN = 1Beck-King et al. 1999
♀ body mass8350 kgN = 6Dubost and Henry 2006
♀ body mass6200 kgN = 1Gutierrez et al. 2017
♀ body mass6000 kgN = 1Gutierrez et al. 2017
♀ body mass9700 kgN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♀ body mass6375 kgN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass8500 kgN = 13Dubost and Henry 2006
♂ body mass6400 kgN = 1Gutierrez et al. 2017
♂ body mass6800 kgN = 1Gutierrez et al. 2017
♂ body mass7400 kgN = 1Gutierrez et al. 2017
♂ body mass8200 kgN = 1Gutierrez et al. 2017
♂ body mass6995 kgN = 4Sanderson 1949
body mass5400 kgN = 6Costa et al. 2010
body mass7500 kgN = 18Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ condylobasal length134.7 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
condylobasal length143.2 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♀ ear length41 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♀ ear length54 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length45 mmN = 4Sanderson 1949
ear length47 mmN = 18Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ head and body length627 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length600 mmN = 4Sanderson 1949
head and body length649 mmN = 18Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length173 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♀ hind foot length102 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length101 mmN = 4Sanderson 1949
hind foot length112 mmN = 18Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ skull length147.3 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
skull length150.6 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♂ skull width112.3 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
skull width110.0 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
skull width110.2 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
skull width107.9 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♀ tail length15 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♀ tail length20 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length18 mmN = 4Sanderson 1949
tail length16 mmN = 18Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ total body length700 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
♂ upper tooth row length31.2 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
upper tooth row length29.3 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
upper tooth row length30.0 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001
upper tooth row length29.2 mmN = 1Ramirez-Pulido et al. 2001

See also Cuniculus, Cuniculus taczanowskii