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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Josephoartigasia (redirect from Giant pacarana)
Early Pleistocene of Uruguay. The only living member of Dinomyidae is the pacarana. Josephoartigasia is named after Uruguayan national hero José Artigas....
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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 mass [kg (lb)] Image Notes 1 Giant pacarana Josephoartigasia monesi Fossil 500 kg (1,100 lb) 2 Phoberomys pattersoni...
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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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the capybara, chinchillas and viscachas, tuco-tucos, agoutis, pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats, New World porcupines, coypu and octodonts (Vassallo and Antenucci...
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the diurnal degus species) Oncilla Ocelot Opossum Otter Owl Owl monkey Pacarana Panamanian night monkey Pangolin Platypus Paradoxical frog Porcupine Possum...
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100 kg (220 lb). The largest known rodent was Josephoartigasia monesi, a pacarana with an estimated body length of 3 m (10 ft). The first rodents arrived...
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Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas and allies Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas Pangolins, another mammal group with protective keratin body coverings...
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monkeys, anteaters, and the otters, hyacinth macaw, papagaios, tucannos, pacaranas, harpy eagle, among other animals. Also see the city turistic website...
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South American tapir, the southern tamandua, the moustached tamarin, the pacarana, etc. Mammals reported from mountain zones in the park include: the white-tailed...
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Cuniculidae (pacas) Dasyproctidae (agoutis and acouchis) Dinomyidae (pacaranas and their fossil relatives, including some of megafaunal size) Echimyidae...
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America 100 kg (220 lb) Pleistocene Josephoartigasia J. monesi 'Giant pacarana', largest known rodent South America 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) Pliocene to Early...
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terrestris), jaguar (Panthera onca), jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), pacarana (Dinomys branickii), and dwarf brocket deer (Mazama chunyi). Interesting...
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killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) Pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) Pacarana (Dinomys branickii) Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae) Tapirs (Tapiridae) Birds...
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Phoberomys pattersoni (category Prehistoric pacaranas)
Phoberomys pattersoni is an extinct rodent that lived in the ancient Orinoco River delta around 8 million years ago. It was the second-largest of the roughly...
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Cuniculidae – pacas Dasyproctidae – agoutis and acouchis Dinomyidae – pacarana †Eocardiidae †Neoepiblemidae Superfamily Chinchilloidea Abrocomidae – chinchilla...
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Plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus LC Family: Dinomyidae (pacarana) Genus: Dinomys Pacarana, Dinomys branickii VU Family: Caviidae (guinea pigs and cavies)...
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Telicomys (category Prehistoric pacaranas)
to 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in). The closest living relative to Telicomys is the pacarana. Its name derives from Greek τηλικος + μυς = "a mouse [= rodent] of such...
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viscacha Lagostomus telenkechanum (extinct) Genus Dinomys Dinomys branickii - Pacarana Genus Cavia Cavia anolaimae? Cavia aperea - Brazilian guinea pig Cavia...
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skills exchange exists, along with support for the unau sloth project and pacarana in South America, pangolin and small carnivore conservation programme in...
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Phoberomys (category Prehistoric pacaranas)
Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina,...
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Chinchilla Genus Lagidium Genus Lagostomus Family Dinomyidae Genus Dinomys - pacarana Family Erethizontidae Genus Chaetomys - bristle-spined rat Genus Coendou...
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Soundart Chameleon with the Infiltrator "soundskin" Symbolic Sound Kyma/Pacarana TC-Helicon VoiceTone Synth (HardTune & Vocoder Pedal) Waldorf Q STVC (String...
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Brazilian porcupines Chinchillas and viscachas (family Chinchillidae) Pacaranas and extinct relatives, such as the giant rodent Josephoartigasia Cavies...
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Agoutis (Dasyprocta punctata), Grey duikers (Sylvicapra grimmia), and Pacaranas (Dinomys branickii) are some of the most common examples of the mammalian...
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Coendou roosmalenorum Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou spinosus Pacarana, Dinomys branickii Brazilian guinea pig, Cavia aperea Shiny guinea pig...
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Bicolor-spined porcupine, Coendou bicolor LR/lc Family: Dinomyidae (pacarana) Genus: Dinomys Pacarana, Dinomys branickii EN Family: Caviidae (guinea pigs) Subfamily:...
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the puma, the tapeti, the giant otter, the red brocket, the tayra, the pacarana, the short-eared dog, the giant anteater, the green acouchi, the greater...
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dwarf porcupine, Coendou vestitus VU Family: Dinomyidae (pacarana) Genus: Dinomys Pacarana, Dinomys branickii EN Family: Caviidae (guinea pigs) Subfamily:...
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