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The Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca and the Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina are affected by habitat loss and hunting. In Venezuela, their conservation status is unknown, even within protected areas.
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• 35-80 cm.Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Dasyproctidae, pp. 440-461 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 440, DOI: 10.5281/
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The red-rumped agouti is a small-sized wild rodent, belonging to the Dasyproctidae family, with great zootechnical potential, and it adapts well to captivity.
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• Neotropical Region. in Dasyproctidae
• Neotropical Region.Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Dasyproctidae, pp. 440-461 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 440 ...
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We found rich and compositionally different assemblages of medium and large‐sized mammals in protected areas on the southern edge of Amazon. However, both have high rates of mammal defaunation. We argue that anthropogenic threats in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation are eroding large ungulate populations, especially peccaries.
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Distribution. W in Dasyproctidae
Distribution. W Amazon Basin in C & E Peru (from Junin Department to the E) and W Brazil (upper Rio Purus and Rio Madeira drainages) to N Bolivia (Pando and Beni departments).Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E.
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Abstract The order Rodentia comprises nearly 45% of all extant taxa, currently organized into 31 living families, some 450 genera, and roughly 2010 species (Kelt & Patton, 2020). Considering that rodents began evolving at least 66 million years ago, it is not surprising that they have diversified into five distinct suborders.
Don L. Puppione
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Distribution. Known only from two localities (the type locality and Cano Guiniquina) in the Orinoco Delta, NE Venezuela.Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Dasyproctidae, pp. 440-461 in Handbook of the
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Comportamiento reproductivo y datos de la alimentación de Agouti paca nelsoni Goldman
El presente estudio se realizó en la Sierra de los Tuxtlas, SE de Veracruz, México, en la zona de bosque alto perennifolio. Los estudios de comportamiento en el hábitat se basaron en 30 especímenes de los cuales 8 fueron recolectados.
H. Contrera Pérez, F. Zetina Hernández
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Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest
Collared peccary wallows are used by a diverse assemblage of vertebrates in a Central American tropical wet forest. Wallows had significantly higher vertebrate activity and diversity compared to surrounding forest. Wallow visitors included 13 amphibian, 2 reptile, 11 bird, and 16 mammal species, engaged in behaviors including reproduction, drinking ...
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