- The
pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving
hystricognath rodent indigenous to
South America.
Native Tupi
people call it the
pacarana (false...
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Early Pleistocene of Uruguay. The only
living member of
Dinomyidae is the
pacarana. Josep****tigasia is
named after Uruguayan national hero José Artigas....
- very
speciose group, but now
contains only a
single living species, the
pacarana.
Several of the
extinct dinomyids were
among the
largest rodents known...
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Scientific name
Status Maximum body m**** [kg (lb)]
Image Notes 1
Giant pacarana Josep****tigasia
monesi Fossil 500 kg (1,100 lb) 2
Phoberomys pattersoni...
- the capybara,
chinchillas and viscachas, tuco-tucos, agoutis, pacas,
pacaranas,
spiny rats, New
World porcupines,
coypu and
octodonts (V****allo and Antenucci...
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chinchillas and
viscachas (South America)
Family Dinomyidae: (1 species)
pacarana (South America)
Family Caviidae: (18 species)
cavies and
capybara (South...
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Opossum Orca[citation needed] (for a few reasons)
Otter Owl Owl
monkey Pacarana Panamanian night monkey Pangolin Platypus[citation needed] Paradoxical...
- 100 kg (220 lb). The
largest known rodent was Josep****tigasia monesi, a
pacarana with an
estimated body
length of 3 m (10 ft). The
first rodents arrived...
- terrestris),
jaguar (Panthera onca),
jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi),
pacarana (Dinomys branickii), and
dwarf brocket deer (Mazama chunyi). Interesting...
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Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae:
chinchillas and
allies Family Dinomyidae:
pacaranas Pangolins,
another mammal group with
protective keratin body coverings...
