A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar
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Jansen, Martin
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Engler, Marc
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Blumer, Luka Moritz
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Rumiz, Damián I.
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Aramayo, José Luis
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Krone, Oliver
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.2.323
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10.15560/16.2.323
1809-127X
Cuniculus paca
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Lowland Paca, Jochi pintado
Figure 4T
Examined material.
BOLIVIA
; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of
Santa Cruz Department
; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 3, 6, 11, 12 (
Table 1
); first capture on
4 April 2017
; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.
Identification.
This is a robust, medium-sized to large (
6-10 kg
), nocturnal rodent. The body is covered by short, brown fur with longitudinal rows of white spots.