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==Description== [[file:HumedoTepezc 01.jpg|thumb|left|Paca]] Pacas are {{Convert|50|-|77|cm|abbr=on}} in length, excluding the {{Convert|13|-|23|cm|frac=2|abbr=on}} short tail, weigh {{Convert|6|-|14|kg|abbr=on}}, and are the [[List of largest rodents|fourteenth-largest rodents in the world]]. Similar to [[guinea pig]]s, they have square heads, small ears, sides patterned with spots and stripes, and virtually invisible tails.<ref name="Grzimek" /> With large hind limbs, small fore limbs, and cone-shaped bodies, pacas are similar in appearance to the deer-like, ungulate [[chevrotain]]s, and like them have four to seven horizontal lines of blotches and stripes along their flanks. They have a heavy and robust appearance, though their legs are long and relatively tiny. Their small ears are set high on their heads. They have four toes on their fore feet and five on their hind feet (of which two are short and hardly touch the ground) and they have stout nails that resemble small hooves. In young pacas, the skin is covered with horny scales about {{Convert|2|mm|abbr=on}} in diameter; perhaps these scales have a protective function against smaller predators. There is virtually no difference between sexes. They can live up to 13 years in the wild.<ref name="Grzimek" />
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