Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,790
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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, and has been introduced to Cuba and Algeria. The animal is called paca in most of its range, but tepezcuintle (original Aztec language name) in most of Mexico and Central America, tepesquintle in Guatemala, guardatinaja in Nicaragua, pisquinte in northern Costa Rica, tepezcuinte in southern Costa Rica, jaleb in the Yucatán peninsula, conejo pintado in Panama, guanta in Ecuador, majás or picuro in Peru, jochi pintado in…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lowland paca”.