The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America. Native Tupi people call it the pacarana (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the paca, a different rodent which is not in the same family.

The Pacarana is a chunky slow-moving rodent from South America. Like many of the South African rodents, it carries some weight with it; it’s one of the largest rodents; a heavily-built, nocturnal animal, and the only one of its kind in the family Dinomyidae.

2023年10月24日 · Find out all about the pacarana, a slow and secretive South American animal that is one of the world's largest rodents.

Fact: The pacarana is one of the largest rodents in the world, weighing up to 30 pounds and measuring around 2 feet in length. Its robust body, short legs, and dense fur give it a distinct appearance that sets it apart from other rodents.

pacarana, (Dinomys branickii), a rare and slow-moving South American rodent found only in tropical forests of the western Amazon River basin and adjacent foothills of the Andes Mountains from northwestern Venezuela and Colombia to western Bolivia.

2018年2月2日 · The pacarana is a rare, nocturnal (or possibly diurnal) creature, slow-moving and found in the tropical rainforests of the western Amazon River basin, as well as the foothills of the Andes.

Pacaranas in­habit the slopes and val­leys of rain­forests in the Andes moun­tains. They are thought to be ex­tremely rare, al­though some sci­en­tists spec­u­late that this might be due to a lack of in­for­ma­tion about the an­i­mal's true habi­tat (White 1992 and Matthews 1971).

The Dinomyidae are a family of South American hystricognath rodents: the dinomyids were once a very speciose group, but now contains only a single living species, the pacarana.

2005年2月9日 · The pacarana is a large rodent, weighing 10 - 15 kg (22 - 33 lb), that has been said to resemble an immense guinea pig or a spineless porcupine. The pacarana is found in forested valleys and mountain slopes at altitudes of 240 - 2000 m (800 - 6600').

The pacarana is the third largest living rodent, after capybaras (Family Hydrochoeridae) and beavers (Family Castoridae), its weight ranging from 22 to 33 lb (10 to 15 kg), head and body length from 29 to 31 in (730 to 790 mm), and an additional tail length of about 7.5 in (190 mm).