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Preferred term

Cuniculidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Agoutidae
  • Pacas

Note

  • do not confuse entry term AGOUTIDAE with AGOUTIS see DASYPROCTIDAE

Scope note

  • A family of large (20 to 30 inches long) plant eating rodents found in Central and South America. They are nearly tailless and have chunky bodies, dark brown fur with spotted lines along their sides and back, with stout legs and hind limbs that are longer than the forelimbs, and a large, square head with short ears.

History note

  • 2015

In other languages

  • pakat

    Finnish

  • Cuniculidae-eläinheimo
  • Cuniculidae-heimo
  • Pakor

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065469

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