Paca

Pacas
	; Lowland Paca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Mammalia;
Order:	Rodentia;
Suborder:	Hystricomorpha;
Infraorder:	Hystricognathi;
Parvorder:	Caviomorpha;
Family:	Cuniculidae; Miller & Gidley, 1918
Genus:	Cuniculus; Brisson, 1762
Species
	Cuniculus paca; Cuniculus taczanowskii
Synonyms
	For Cuniculidae: Agoutidae Gray, 1821; Coelogenyidae Gervais, 1849; For Cuniculus: Agouti Lacépède, 1799; Caelogenus Fleming, 1822; Caelogenys Agassiz, 1842; Coelogenus Cuvier, 1807; Coelogenys Illiger, 1811; Mamcoelogenysus Herrera, 1899; Osteopera Harlan, 1825; Paca Fischer, 1814; Stictomys Thomas, 1924;

The genus Cuniculus contains the two species of pacas. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae.

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^ Charles A. Woods and C. William Kilpatrick (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.

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