Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyCuniculidae (Pacas)
- GenusCuniculus (Pacas)
- SpeciesCuniculus paca (Spotted Paca)
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata
Yucatán Squirrel
Sciurus yucatanensis
Big-eared Climbing Rat
Ototylomys phyllotis
Deppe's Squirrel
Sciurus deppei
Hatt's Vesper Rat
Otonyctomys hatti
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus mexicanus
Yucatán Deer Mouse
Peromyscus yucatanicus
White-footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Spotted Paca at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there