Use of the paca, Cuniculus paca (Rodentia: Agoutidae) in the Sierra de Tabasco State Park, Mexico

Cuniculus paca is widely distributed throughout the Neotropics. Known as the paca, it is the largest rodent in the Mexican tropical forests, and one of the most used as a subsistence species for its meat. Since colonial times, this species has been subject of an unreported hunting pressure. For this...

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Main Authors: Sonia Gallina, Jairo Pérez-Torres, Carlos César Guzmán-Aguirre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000300032&lng=en&tlng=en