Cuniculus
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Cuniculus paca
See also: cuniculus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”).
Proper noun
Cuniculus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cuniculidae – the pacas.
Synonyms
- (genus): Agouti, Caelogenus, Caelogenys, Coelogenus, Coelogenys, Mamcoelogenysus, Osteopera, Paca, Stictomys
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Cuniculidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cuniculus paca (lowland paca), Cuniculus taczanowskii (mountain paca), Cuniculus hernandezi (species)
References
paca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cuniculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cuniculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cuniculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cuniculus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
