Dinomys branickii (Pacarana)
Dinomys branickii Peters, 1873
A large rodent with a broad body, short thick legs and a thick neck. It is the second largest rodent in South America after the capibara grande (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and the largest in the Andes (Saavedra-Rodríguez et al., 2012). The dorsal part of the body and the legs vary from black to…
