#lowland pacas

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. 1972. Illustrated by Peter Barrett.

1.) Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)

2.) Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola)

3.) Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

4.) Pacarana (Dinomys branickii)

5.) Mountain paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii)

6.) Lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

7.) Red acouchi (Myoprocta acouchy)

8.) Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)

9.) Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)

#rodents #patagonian maras #chacoan maras #capybaras #pacaranas #mountain pacas #lowland pacas #red acouchi #black agoutis #red-rumped agoutis #Peter Barrett

[friendly-neighborhood-imbecille]

Lowland paca

Cuniculus paca

Family Cuniculidae, pavorder Caviomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha, order Rodentia

Also known as the spotted paca, tepezcuintle, guardatinaja, pisquinte, jaleb, conejo pintado, guanta, majás, picuro, jochi pintado, boruga, tinajo, guartinaja, gibnut, labba, lapa, and lappe.

There is another animal with a similar name, the Pacarana. But these are not the same animal. They simply have similar appearances.

They are mainly quiet and nocturnal. They dig burrows about 2 metres below the surface with usually more than one exit and are great climbers and swimmers.

They will often seek water to escape predation as they can hold their breaths for several minutes.

They are omnivorous and important seed dispersers. They love fruit and will also eat stems, leaves, tubers, roots, nuts, seeds, and herbs.

They will also eat from carcasses to supplement protein. They eat flesh less often than plants though. They lean more towards herbivorous in the wild and omnivorous in captivity, but have been known to eat flesh in the wild.

There is some conflicting information about their social structure with some sources saying they are largely solitary, and others saying that they are monotonous and form small family groups. Caring for young anywhere from 8 weeks to 6 months.

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#jackson’s creadures #creature report #lowland paca #rodents #euarchontoglires

[silksanimals]

Lowland/spotted paca - least concern

📍South America, Central America

#animals #lowland paca #spotted paca #mammals #rodent

[zooophagous]

Here's a skull you don't see every day. A lowland paca, a type of deerlike rodent from South America that uses it's huge powerful jaws to break open hard shelled nuts and fruits. A very 'cheeky' critter for sure.

#skulls

[a-book-of-creatures]

Trickety treap!

Could it be one (1) lowland paca?

#trick or treat

[quinnkdev]

Top five rodent species go

Rat

Common Hamster

Lowland Paca

Capybara

Chinchilla

#Quinnterrogation

[vintagewildlife]

Lowland paca By: W. S. Berridge From: A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere 1913

#paca #hystricomorph #rodent #mammal #1913 #1910s #W. S. Berridge #A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere

[rodentcompetition]

Rodent Competition 2023

Round 1

full list below!

Long-tailed chinchilla / Southern viscacha

Common degu / Horned gopher

Common gundi / Guinea pig

Josephoartigasia monesi / Pacarana

Patagonian mara / South African springhare

Spix's yellow-toothed cavy / Capybara

Central american agouti / Lowland paca

Laotian rock rat / Dassie rat

Least chipmunk / Eastern chipmunk

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel / California ground squirrel

Japanese dwarf flying squirrel / Tufted pygmy squirrel

Calabrian black squirrel / Red squirrel

Indian giant squirrel / Red and white giant flying squirrel

Yellow-bellied marmot / Groundhog

Cape mole-rat / Cape dune mole-rat

Naked mole rat / Big headed African mole rat

House mouse / Mongolian gerbil

Black rat / Brown rat

Rakali / Gambian pouched rat

Northern Luzon giant cloud rat / Maned rat

Cairo spiny mouse / Eurasian harvest mouse

Hungarian birch mouse / Striped grass mouse

Great jerboa / Baluchistan pygmy jerboa

Hazel dormouse / Kangaroo rat

Grasshopper mouse / Winter white dwarf hamster

Hatt's vesper rat / Syrian hamster

Norway lemming / Florida Mouse

European water vole / Townsend’s vole

Northern mole vole / Muskrat

Bristle-spined rat / Mountain beaver

North American beaver / Palaeocastor

Crested porcupine / North American porcupine

#rodentcompetition2023 #some changes might happen #mostly if I made some mistakes #but hopefully not! #here they are :D #some names in photos are shortened to fit #tournament poll #round 1

[antechinusflavipes]

Header are Sri Lankan jackals taken by Charles J Sharp.

Icon is a yellow-footed antechinus by huntingforparadise/Lewis Burnett.

interacts from muridaeys. he/it. adult. bio major. you can call me daeys or nory if you want, dont have any specific names for individual species

things are tagged messily. species names and dens

↳ therian/theriotypes list below

yellow-footed antechinus (male)

coyote/coydog (male)

least killifish

sand shiner (male)

eastern silvery minnow (female)

common minnow

brassy minnow

nile bushbuck (male)

lowland paca

white-throated dipper

golden jackal/Sri Lankan jackals (?)

deer (?) (female)

pygmy sperm whale

toy poodle

standard poodle (male gundog/birddog)

African wild dog/painted dog (?) (male)

Asian stone catfish/anchor catfish

[animalesdownloaddescargarmod]

Demon Hunter ..............................................................................................

Contents Animals: Horned Gopher, Lesser Capybara, Neochoerus, Mountain Paca, Lowland Paca, Neoepiblema, Pacarana, Josephoartigasia Monesi, Phoberomys pattersoni, Elasmodontomys obliquus, Telicomys, Amblyrhiza inundata, Tainotherium valei, Gyriabrus holmbergi, Eurasian Beaver, Trogontherium cuvieri, Malayan Porcupine, Indian Porcupine, Sivacanthion, Neosteiromys, Indian Giant Squirrel, Paenemarmota, Plains Viscacha, Nuralagus Rex, Cronopio dentiacutus, Kopidodon, Mesotherium and Protypotherium. It also have a resize for the Zerosvalmont's Capybara ..............................................................................................

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[ainawgsd]

The lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina.  The animal is called paca in most of its range, but tepezcuintle (original Aztec language name) in most of Mexico and Central America. The word paca comes from a word in the Tupi language that designates the animal but also means 'awaken, alert'. Tepezcuintle is of Nahuatl origin, meaning 'mountain-dog', from tepetl, 'mountain' + itzquintli, 'dog'.

The lowland paca has coarse fur without underfur, dark brown to black on the upper body and white or yellowish on the underbelly. It usually has three to five rows of white spots along its sides, against a dark grey background. It has thick strong legs, with four digits in the forefeet and five in the hind feet (the first and fifth are reduced); the nails function as hooves. The tail is short and hairless. The zygomatic arch is expanded laterally and dorsally and is used as a resonating chamber - a unique feature among mammals.

An adult lowland paca weighs between 13 and 26 lbs. Each litter has one young lowland paca, sometimes two. They usually have one to three young a year with a gestation period of about 115–120 days. Pacas are sexually mature at about 1 year. A paca usually lives up to 13 years.

The lowland paca is mostly nocturnal and solitary and does not vocalize very much. It lives in forested habitats near water, preferably smaller rivers, and dig simple burrows about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) below the surface, usually with more than one exit. It can also sometimes live in burrows created by other animals. The lowland paca is a good swimmer and usually heads for the water to escape danger, as it can stay under water for several minutes. It also is a very good climber and it searches for fruit in the trees.

The lowland paca can be considered an important seed distributor, since its diet includes leaves, stems, roots, seeds, and fruit, especially avocados, mangos and zapotes. It sometimes stores food.

The lowland paca is considered an agricultural pest for several food crops. Its meat is highly prized. It is plentiful in protected habitats, and hence not in danger of extinction, but overall its numbers have been much reduced because of hunting and habitat destruction. It is easily bred and raised in farms, although the taste is said to be inferior (perhaps unpleasant) when farmed. Some of the lowland paca predators include cats, coyotes, bush dogs, crocodiles, and boa constrictors.

#lowland paca #cuniculus paca #spotted paca #tepezcuintle #rodents #skull below the cut

[searching-for-arcadia]

Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)

#lowland paca #i just need y’all #to look at this Animal #they’re like capybaras crossed with baby tapirs #aka two Very Good #Very Shaped animals

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water chevrotain (mouse deer) & lowland paca hanging out because they’re both friend shaped ✨

06 - rodent

#inktober #inktober2020 #traditional art #ink drawing #rodent #water chevrotain #mouse deer #lowland paca #paca

[rincoronki]

#food art #food drawing #lowland paca #strawberries #desserts #Instagram

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Check him out!

#lowland paca #bad post op #this is such a funny skull shape I have no idea why it's so common in animals #rats

[foulserpent]

yeah directly tracing a lowland paca’s head makes for a pretty decent realistic kyle

#his face is slightly more like. reptilian but not all the way reptilian