pacarana (Dinomys branickii)

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2. Pacarana, Dinomys branickii Ptrs.

Image from page 202 of "Brehms Tierleben. Allgemeine kunde des Tierreichs" (1911) https://archive.org/stream/brehmstierlebena11breh/#page/n202/mode/1up

Title: Brehms Tierleben. Allgemeine kunde des Tierreichs
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Alfred Edmund Brehm, 1829-1884; Otto L Zur Strassen, 1869-; Ludwig Heck, 1860-; Friedrich Hempelmann, 1878-; Richard Heymons, 1867-; Franz Werner, b. 1867; William Marshall, 1845-; Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig
Subjects: Zoology; Animal behavior
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/19792882113/

The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America. Native peoples of the region call it the pacarana (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the paca.

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