What type of animal is a pacarana?
The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a type of rodent native to the South American rainforests along the adjacent foothills of the Andes Mountains.
Fun Pacarana Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? N/A
What do they eat? Herbivore
Average litter size? 2
How much do they weigh? 22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they? 28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type Hair
What were their main threats? Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status? Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Rainforests
Locations South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
Fun Pacarana Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? N/A
What do they eat? Herbivore
Average litter size? 2
How much do they weigh? 22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they? 28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type Hair
What were their main threats? Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status? Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Rainforests
Locations South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
Fun Pacarana Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? N/A
What do they eat? Herbivore
Average litter size? 2
How much do they weigh? 22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they? 28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type Hair
What were their main threats? Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status? Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Rainforests
Locations South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
Fun Pacarana Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? N/A
What do they eat? Herbivore
Average litter size? 2
How much do they weigh? 22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they? 28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type Hair
What were their main threats? Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status? Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Rainforests
Locations South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
What do they prey on? N/A
What do they eat? Herbivore
Average litter size? 2
How much do they weigh? 22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they? 28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type Hair
What were their main threats? Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status? Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Rainforests
Locations South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
What do they prey on? N/A
What do they eat? Herbivore
Average litter size? 2
How much do they weigh? 22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they? 28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type Hair
What were their main threats? Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status? Least Concern
What do they prey on?
N/A
What do they eat?
Herbivore
Average litter size?
2
How much do they weigh?
22-33 lb (10-15 kg)
How long are they?
28-31 in (73-79 cm)
How tall are they?
What do they look like?
Dark brown, black, white spots
Skin Type
Hair
What were their main threats?
Habitat Loss
What is their conservation status?
Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Rainforests
Locations South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
Where you’ll find them?
Rainforests
Locations
South America
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Dinomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Dinomys
Class Mammalia
Family Dinomyidae
