CUNICULIDAE, Miller & Gidley, 1918

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Cuniculidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 398-404 : 398

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6594786
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6594727
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F487CC-FF9B-021A-FD3C-FD97F852FAA2
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	CUNICULIDAE
status

Treatment

Family CUNICULIDAE View in CoL

(PACAS)

• Medium-sized, robust rodents, with 3-4 dorsal lines of white spots, four digits and a rudimentary thumb on forefeet, and five digits and reduced first and fifth toes on hindfeet.

• 50-80 cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• Lowland and highland forests, and tropical alpine tundra habitats, generally near water.

• 1 genus, 2 species, 6 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.