Cuniculidae Miller & Gidley 1918

Family CUNICULIDAE (PACAS) • Medium-sized, robust rodents, with 3-4 dorsal lines of white spots, four digits and a rudimentary thumb on forefeet, and five digits and reduced first and fifth toes on hindfeet. • 50-80 cm. • Neotropical Region. • Lowland and highland forests, and tropical alpine tundra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, Russell A. Mittermeier
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Lynx Edicions 2016
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cuniculidae
Thumb
Tundra
Lynx
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6594727
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Summary:Family CUNICULIDAE (PACAS) • Medium-sized, robust rodents, with 3-4 dorsal lines of white spots, four digits and a rudimentary thumb on forefeet, and five digits and reduced first and fifth toes on hindfeet. • 50-80 cm. • Neotropical Region. • Lowland and highland forests, and tropical alpine tundra habitats, generally near water. • 1 genus, 2 species, 6 taxa. • No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600. Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Cuniculidae, pp. 398-404 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 398, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6594786

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