Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
(
)
- Woods, 1976
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
(
)
- Tullberg, 1899
- Parvorder:
Caviida
(
)
- Bryant & Mckenna, 1995
- Superfamily:
Cavioidea
(
)
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Kraglievich, 1930
- Family:
Dasyproctidae
(
)
- (Gray, 1825) H. Smith, 1842
- Subfamily:
Cuniculinae
(
)
- Genus:
Agouti
(
)
- Lacépède, 1799
- Specific name:
paca
- Subspecies:
guanta
- Scientific name: - Agouti paca guanta
- Subspecies:
guanta
- Specific name:
paca
- Genus:
Agouti
(
- Subfamily:
Cuniculinae
(
- Family:
Dasyproctidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cavioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Caviida
(
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
(
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Agouti
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. paca (Agouti) · A. paca paca (Lapa) · A. taczanowskii (Mountain Paca)
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2339988
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,118.050 meters (3,668.143 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,616.170 based on 181 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
