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Pacarana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Also known as Count Branicki's terrible mouse, it is known as the "pacarama" ("false paca") by native Indians due to its superficial similarity to an unrelated rodent, the paca. |
| | It is hystricognath rodent, and the sole member of the family Dinomyidae in the infraorder Caviomorpha; initially, it was placed with true mice. |
| | Some evidence places the pacarana closely with the prehistoric giant rodents that ruled South America millions of years ago, such as Phoberomys pattersoni. |
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