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- noun A large, rare, slow-moving rodent (Dinomys branickii) with a thick,
furry tail, native toSouth America , the largest species ofmouse and the second-largestrodent after thecapybara .
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Other species such as the fish eating rat (Ichthyosomis hidrobates), restricted to Andean Venezuela and Colombia, and the pacarana (Dinomys branickii), broadly distributed in the Andes, live in adjacent areas to the páramos, and are considered threatened due to habitat modification, and hunting, respectively.
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The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is the third-largest living rodent - only capybaras and some beavers are larger.
15 Agouti 1991
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
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A pacarana, the 4th largest rodent in the world, stops by San Diego 6 to give his take on Groundhog's Day.
San Diego News 2010
bilby commented on the word pacarana
Ambulant watermelon alert! https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/d7jdol/pacaranas_are_very_rare_rodents_native_to_south/
July 6, 2022