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South America several million years ago.
Pacaranas typically are
found in
family groups of four or five.
Pacarana have 4
limbs and
large heads. They are...
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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....
- 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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Cuniculidae (pacas)
Dasyproctidae (agoutis and acouchis)
Dinomyidae (
pacaranas and
their fossil relatives,
including some of
megafaunal size) Echimyidae...
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Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae:
chinchillas and
allies Family Dinomyidae:
pacaranas Pangolins,
another mammal group with
protective keratin body coverings...
- 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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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...
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Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas,
viscachas Family Dinomyidae:
pacaranas Superfamily Cavioidea Family Caviidae: cavies,
including guinea pigs and...
- 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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Phoberomys is an
extinct genus of rodents.
Fossil specimens from the Late
Miocene period have been
discovered in the Ituzaingó
Formation of Argentina,...
