Translingual

Cuniculus paca, a species of Cuniculidae

Proper noun

Cuniculidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the single genus Cuniculus (the pacas).

Usage notes

The pacas were formerly grouped with the agoutis in subfamily Agoutinae within family Dasyproctidae.

Synonyms

• (family): Agoutidae, Coelogenyidae

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Cuniculus (genus)