We assessed geographical range of pacas Cuniculus paca in the northern Neotropics based on historical and recent records. We report two new records from Tamaulipas and Hidalgo. These records confirm ...

Monitoring the concentration of glucocorticoid metabolites (GCMs) in faecal samples is a non-invasive tool for physiological stress evaluation, particularly useful when studying wild species. However, ...

We aimed to assess whether object play can be used as a positive emotional state indicator for farmed spotted pacas (Cuniculus paca) by examining its association with other positive welfare markers ...

At first glance, it’s a giant tailless rat. But there’s more. First let’s cover the name. It’s the spotted or lowland paca in English. The scientific name is Cuniculus paca. The internet informed me ...

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