#0349 · 🦊 mammals
Spotted Paca
🇳🇱 Paca ·Cuniculus paca
📍 Shell, Ecuador
📍 Alajuela Province, Zarcero, Costa Rica
📍 Manicoré - AM, 69280-000, Brasil
📍 Benito Juárez, MX-QR, MX
📍 Margem direita do Rio Cristalino, s/n, Alta Floresta - MT, 78580-000, Brazil
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Silvano LG · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Iris Melgar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © David Cook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Dick Culbert · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © MVHS-CR · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Shell, Ecuador:© Emilia Almeida · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Alajuela Province, Zarcero, Costa Rica:© jim_sweeney · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Manicoré - AM, 69280-000, Brasil:© André Ambrozio · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Benito Juárez, MX-QR, MX:© marcheloi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Margem direita do Rio Cristalino, s/n, Alta Floresta - MT, 78580-000, Brazil:© George Lin · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The lowland paca ( Cuniculus paca ), also known as the spotted paca , is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina. Introduced to Cuba, Bahamas, Trinidad, Jamaica and Hispaniola.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,353 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Paca
- Nederlands
- Paca
- scientific name
- Cuniculus paca
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cuniculidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,353
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 74257, Wikidata Q33936, GBIF 4263039, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.