Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1865

Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 161.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Andes.

Vernacular Names: Mountain Paca.

Synonyms: Cuniculus andina (Lönnberg 1913); Cuniculus sierrae (Thomas 1905) .

Distribution: Mountains of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and NW Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Agouti taczanowskii .

Discussion: Placed in Stictomys by Cabrera (1961:595) and in Agouti by Handley (1976:55) and Gardner (1971:1088). Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=80 (Gardner, 1971).