First records of Lowland Paca (<i>Cuniculus paca</i>) in the Paraguayan Chaco-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First records of Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca) in the Paraguayan Chaco

Published:2023-12-12 Issue:1 Volume:88 Page:37-40
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Laino Rafaela¹,Musalem Karim²,Weiler Andrea³,Valiente Estefania³,Chavez Karen³,Ramos Yolanda³,Zaldivar Belén³,Salinas Patricia³,Owen Robert D.⁴

Affiliation:

1. American Chaco Research Center , San José 365 , Asunción 1522 , Paraguay

2. World Wildlife Fund , Bernardino Caballero 191 , Asunción , Paraguay

3. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FACEN), Universidad Nacional de Asunción , Campus Universitario 1039 , San Lorenzo , Paraguay

4. Centro para el Desarrollo de Investigación Científica , Asunción , Paraguay

Abstract

Abstract We report the first records of Cuniculus paca for the Chaco or Western Region of Paraguay. The evidence consists of 18 records (63 photos and 12 videos) obtained through a camera trap located in a riparian forest of the Humid Chaco. The species showed solitary and nocturnal behavior and appeared near a stream that flows into the Paraguay River.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0114/pdf

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