Authority citation: Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946277
Original name as described: Mus Paca
Nominal names: paca (Linnaeus, 1766) | albus (Kerr, 1792) | fulvus (F. Cuvier, 1807) | subniger (F. Cuvier, 1807) | maculatus (G. Fischer, 1814) [nomen novum] | brunnea (Illiger, 1815) [nomen nudum] | rufa (Illiger, 1815) [nomen nudum] | rufus (I. von Olfers, 1818) | brunneus (H. R. Schinz, 1821) | platycephalus (Harlan, 1825) | fuscus (Lesson, 1842) | sublaevis (P. Gervais, 1854) | americanus (Liais, 1872) | pacca (von Ihering, 1897) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | virgatus (Bangs, 1902) | mexianae (Hagmann, 1908) | nelsoni (E. A. Goldman, 1913) | guanta (Lönnberg, 1921) | venezuelicus (Krumbiegel, 1940) | mexicanae (C. A. Woods, 1993) [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid] | silvagarciae (M. G. M. Van Roosmalen & Van Hooft in M. G. M. Van Roosmalen, 2015)
Other common names: Paca|Spotted Paca
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cuniculidae
Type locality: "Brasilia [= Brazil], Guiana." Restricted by N. Hollister in 1913 to "French Guiana."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Mexico (MEX) | Belize (BLZ) | Guatemala (GTM) | Honduras (HND) | El Salvador (SLV) | Nicaragua (NIC) | Costa Rica (CRI) | Panama (PAN) | Colombia (COL) | Venezuela (VEN) | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR) | French Guiana (GUF) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER) | Brazil (BRA) | Bolivia (BOL) | Paraguay (PRY) | Uruguay (URY) | Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: includes silvagarciae (name may be unavailable?)
Citation: van Roosmalen, M. G. (2015). Hotspot of new megafauna found in the Central Amazon (Brazil): the lower Rio Aripuanã Basin. Biodiversity Journal, 6, 219-244.|Pine, R. H., & Gutiérrez, E. E. (2018). What is an ‘extant'type specimen? Problems arising from naming mammalian species‐group taxa without preserved types. Mammal Review, 48(1), 12-23.
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