Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1865

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cuniculidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1559-1560 : 1560

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scientific name	Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1865
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Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1865 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 161.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Andes.

Vernacular Names: Mountain Paca.

Synonyms: Cuniculus andina (Lönnberg 1913) ; Cuniculus sierrae (Thomas 1905) .

Distribution: Mountains of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and NW Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Agouti taczanowskii .

Discussion: Placed in Stictomys by Cabrera (1961:595) and in Agouti by Handley (1976:55) and Gardner (1971:1088). Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=80 ( Gardner, 1971).