Capybara vs Paca - What's the difference?
capybara | paca |
A semi-aquatic South American rodent, , the largest living rodent.
* 1876 , , The Three Lieutenants , 2010,
* 1914 , , Through the Brazilian Wilderness , 2004,
* 2009 , The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife ,
Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also ), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.
As nouns the difference between capybara and paca
is that capybara is a semi-aquatic South American rodent, species: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent while paca is any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also Cuniculus#Synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.capybara
English
(wikipedia capybara)Noun
(en noun)page 430,
- “Our fires burned well,” continued Tom, “and we roasted our young capybara to perfection; we only wanted salt and pepper, and an onion or two to make it delicious."
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- It was tenanted by the small caymans and by capybaras - the largest known rodent, a huge aquatic guinea-pig, the size of a small sheep.
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- The largest of all the 1,729 rodent species, the semi-aquatic capybara' is extremely agile in the water, using its partly webbed toes like tiny paddles. Troops containing up to 20 animals live along riverbanks where young ' capybaras are sometimes preyed on by caimans.