The complete mitochondrial genome of the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca) and its phylogenetic relationship with other New World hystricognath rodents [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 The lowland paca (Cuniculus paca) is a nocturnal, widespread, and solitary large-sized rodent in the family Cuniculidae, and one of the most frequently hunted mammals in the Neotropical forests of Latin America.
Juan Li +3 more
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Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766 (Cuniculidae, Rodentia) no Holoceno da Gruta Cuvieri, Brasil [PDF]
Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2022 A região de Lagoa Santa é conhecida pelo importante complexo de cavernas, sendo que em muitas delas encontra-se material osteológico de fauna extinta e atual.
Artur Chahud
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Macroscopic description of thoracic member musculature in Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia, Cuniculidae) [PDF]
Biotemas, 2017 Cuniculus paca (Mammalia: Cuniculidae), or ‘paca’ is a rodent species in great demand for its meat, which has led to domestication and development of paca farms in the Brazilian Amazon region, as well as in other states.
Rodrigo Gomes de Souza +5 more
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First record of albinism in the paca Cuniculus paca (Rodentia, Cuniculidae) in southeast Mexico [PDF]
Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2020 Even though there have been reports of anomalies in the colouration of several species of neotropical mammals, these events are considered to be rare within natural populations.
Erika García-Casimiro +1 more
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Mammalogy Notes, 2021 Esta nota presenta el registro de la Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) y la Guagua de Montaña (Cuniculus taczanowskii) en Copacabana, municipio de Antioquia (Colombia).
Julio Montoya-Osorio +1 more
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Heterologous microsatellite primers are informative for paca (Cuniculus paca), a large rodent with economic and ecological importance. [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2020 Objective: This study was designed to facilitate genetic studies that would allow information on population structure and genetic diversity of natural or captive stocks of paca (Cuniculus paca), a species of ecological and socioeconomic importance, by ...
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Anatomic study of the arterial vascularization of the brain base of paca (Cuniculus paca) [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2020 : Paca (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766), rodent belong to the Cuniculidae family, has encouraged numerous scientific researches and for this reason could be an experimental model in both human and veterinary areas.
Tais H.C. Sasahara +7 more
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Taxonomic, biogeographic, and taphonomic reassessment of a large extinct species of paca from the Quaternary of Brazil [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2016 The taxonomy of extinct species of Cuniculus (Caviomorpha, Rodentia, Mammalia) is confusing and poorly studied. Here we provide a taxonomic review of extinct cuniculids, and discuss the taxonomic, biogeographic, taphonomic and chronologic aspects of new
Elver Luiz Mayer +4 more
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Roedores da Bacia do Alto Paraguai: uma revisão do conhecimento do planalto à planície pantaneira
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2021 A ordem Rodentia representa aproximadamente 39% da diversidade mundial de mamíferos, sendo que para o Brasil são reconhecidos atualmente 76 gêneros e 263 espécies.
Pâmela Castro Antunes +10 more
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Atlantic mammal traits: a dataset of morphological traits of mammals in the atlantic forest of south America [PDF]
, 2018 Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider mean species-level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species.
Agostini, Ilaria +32 more
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