Dinomyidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Thomas E. Lacher, Jr Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2016 2016-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I 482 487 book chapter 61607 10.5281/zenodo.6599657 c0b08bab-e875-4bdb-94ff-c143b846e7ef 978-84-941892-3-4 6599657 Family DINOMYIDAE (PACARANA) • Large, heavy bodied rodent with large head, short and rounded ears, short limbs, and black body and white spots or blotches. • • 50-100 cm. • Neotropical Region. • • Low tropicalforests at elevations of about 240 m to high montane wet forests of up to 3400 m. • •] genus, 1 species, 1 taxon. • • 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.