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Paca

Habitat: Tropical rainforests and wetlands

Strengths:

Excellent swimmers- can dive and remain submerged for up to 15 minutes

Can leap up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in)

The brown and white coat pattern provides camoflage against the dense rainforest foliage, and they can remain still for up to 45 minutes

Can produce a loud growling noise

Primarily nocturnal, with excellent night vision

As rodents, individuals have long, sharp incisors

Weaknesses:

They are the sixth largest rodent in the world, at up to 77 cm (30 in) in length and weighing 14 kg (31 lbs)

They are not adept climbers, preferring to stay on the ground

Photo by Hans Hillewaert

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Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca

Found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from east-central Mexico to northern Argentina. Its Aztec name is tepezcuintle.

It is mostly nocturnal and solitary and does not vocalize very much. It lives in forested habitats near water, preferably smaller rivers, and dig simple burrows about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) below the surface. The lowland paca is a good swimmer and usually heads for the water to escape danger, as it can stay under water for several minutes.

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