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Pacas
	Lowland Paca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Mammalia;
Order:	Rodentia;
Suborder:	Hystricomorpha;
Infraorder:	Hystricognathi;
Parvorder:	Caviomorpha;
Family:	Cuniculidae; Miller & Gidley, 1918
Genus:	Cuniculus; Brisson, 1762
Species
	Cuniculus paca; Cuniculus taczanowskii
Synonyms
	For Cuniculidae: Agoutidae Gray, 1821; Coelogenyidae Gervais, 1849; For Cuniculus: Agouti Lacépède, 1799; Caelogenus Fleming, 1822; Caelogenys Agassiz, 1842; Coelogenus Cuvier, 1807; Coelogenys Illiger, 1811; Mamcoelogenysus Herrera, 1899; Osteopera Harlan, 1825; Paca Fischer, 1814; Stictomys Thomas, 1924;

This article is about the animal, Paca. For other uses of Paca, see Paca (disambiguation). For other uses of cuniculus, see Cuniculus.

The genus Cuniculus contains the two species of pacas. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae.

[edit] Species

Lowland Paca, Cuniculus paca
Mountain Paca, Cuniculus taczanowskii

[edit] References

^ Charles A. Woods and C. William Kilpatrick (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400269.

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It is now considered a luxury food-source of for the people of between Guyana S. America, and Mexico. In Nicaragua is called Guardatinaja, and it is raised as a the prime gourmet Nicaraguan Wild Meat. The legend goes in the Mayan Region in the Yucatan Peninsula, the kings and Caciques used to raise them for their personal use. And should a servant eat one they would punish them harshly.

Today universities and some governments are interested in developing farming of Pacas, and also Capibaras, a water loving rodent cousin found from Panama to Argentina , in rivers and lakes, that lives and thrives in South America.

    *  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Paca. Online. Internet. Accessed May 10 2005. Available online: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paca

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, has studied the possibilities of developing the Paca as a viable high priced food supply for the Tropics.

[msw3-0] Charles A. Woods and C. William Kilpatrick (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400269.

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