page_title: List of mammals of Paraguay
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Paraguay / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Paka aus Brehms Tierleben English: Paka (Coelogenys paca)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Paraguay. There are 151 mammal species in Paraguay, of which two are endangered, seven are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricognathi
  Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
  Subfamily: Erethizontinae
  Genus: Coendou
  Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis LR/lc
  Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou spinosus LR/lc
  Family: Chinchillidae (viscachas and chinchillas)
  Genus: Lagostomus
  Plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus LR/lc
  Family: Caviidae (guinea pigs)
  Subfamily: Caviinae
  Genus: Cavia
  Brazilian guinea pig, Cavia aperea LR/lc
  Subfamily: Dolichotinae
  Genus: Dolichotis
  Chacoan mara, Dolichotis salinicola LR/nt
  Subfamily: Hydrochoerinae (capybaras and rock cavies)
  Genus: Hydrochoerus
  Capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris LR/lc
  Family: Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)
  Genus: Dasyprocta
  Azara's agouti, Dasyprocta azarae VU
  Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata LR/lc
  Family: Cuniculidae
  Genus: Cuniculus
  Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca LC
  Family: Ctenomyidae
  Genus: Ctenomys
  Bolivian tuco-tuco, Ctenomys boliviensis LR/lc
  Conover's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys conoveri LR/lc
  Chacoan tuco-tuco, Ctenomys dorsalis LR/lc
  Family: Echimyidae
  Subfamily: Dactylomyinae
  Genus: Kannabateomys
  Atlantic bamboo rat, Kannabateomys amblyonyx LR/lc
  Subfamily: Eumysopinae
  Genus: Euryzygomatomys
  Fischer's guiara, Euryzygomatomys spinosus LR/lc
  Genus: Proechimys
  Long-tailed spiny rat, Proechimys longicaudatus LR/lc
  Genus: Thrichomys
  Punare, Thrichomys apereoides LR/lc
  Family: Myocastoridae (coypus)
  Genus: Myocastor
  Coypu, Myocastor coypus LR/lc
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Brazilian squirrel, Sciurus aestuans LR/lc
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
  Genus: Akodon
  Azara's grass mouse, Akodon azarae LR/lc
  Cursor grass mouse, Akodon cursor LR/lc
  Blackish grass mouse, Akodon nigrita LR/lc
  Chaco grass mouse, Akodon toba LR/lc
  Genus: Andalgalomys
  Pearson's chaco mouse, Andalgalomys pearsoni LR/lc
  Genus: Bolomys
  Hairy-tailed bolo mouse, Bolomys lasiurus LR/lc
  Genus: Calomys
  Crafty vesper mouse, Calomys callidus LR/lc
  Large vesper mouse, Calomys callosus LR/lc
  Small vesper mouse, Calomys laucha LR/lc
  Drylands vesper mouse, Calomys musculinus LR/lc
  Genus: Graomys
  Gray leaf-eared mouse, Graomys griseoflavus LR/lc
  Genus: Holochilus
  Chaco marsh rat, Holochilus chacarius LR/lc
  Genus: Oecomys
  Mamore arboreal rice rat, Oecomys mamorae LR/lc
  Genus: Oligoryzomys
  Chacoan pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys chacoensis LR/lc
  Small-eared pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys microtis LR/lc
  Black-footed pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys nigripes LR/lc
  Genus: Cerradomys
  Terraced rice rat, Cerradomys subflavus LR/lc
  Genus: Sooretamys
  Paraguayan rice rat, Sooretamys angouya LR/lc
  Genus: Hylaeamys
  Azara's broad-headed rice rat, Hylaeamys megacephalus LR/lc
  Genus: Euryoryzomys
  Big-headed rice rat, Euryoryzomys russatus LR/lc
  Elegant rice rat, Euryoryzomys nitidus LR/lc
  Genus: Oxymycterus
  Spy hocicudo, Oxymycterus delator LR/lc
  Genus: Pseudoryzomys
  Brazilian false rice rat, Pseudoryzomys simplex LR/lc
  Genus: Scapteromys
  Waterhouse's swamp rat, Scapteromys tumidus LR/lc
caption: Lowland paca
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