Cuniculus taczanowskii (Mountain Paca)
Cuniculus taczanowskii (Stolzmann, 1865)
They are large rodents. Females are slightly smaller than males. The pelage is long and dense, reddish brown to chocolate brown, with two to seven white spots on the flanks; the young are also born with this pelage. The dense pelage allows them to withstand the cold temperatures of the mountains…
