🐭Lowland paca
The lowland paca, also known as the spotted paca, is a species of rodent. It has coarse dark brown to black fur, a pale underbelly, and typically 3–5 rows of white spots along its sides. Adults weigh 6 to 12 kilograms. Its zygomatic arch is expanded laterally and dorsally to form a resonating chamber, a feature unique among mammals.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 9 kg
- Body length
- 0.72 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Lowland paca
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass9 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.72 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass30 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.74 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity335 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation116 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 116 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density28 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Lowland paca yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyCuniculidae
- ›genusCuniculus
- ›speciesCuniculus paca
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyCuniculidae
- genusCuniculus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- familyCuniculidae
- genusCuniculus
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