Pacarana

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States

Unusually long whiskers help this endangered rodent feel its way through rock crevices in the Andes Mountains. The pacarana may be related to ancestors of American porcupines.

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Title: Pacarana
Location: South America
Type: Taxidermy Specimen
Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
USNM Catalog Number(s): 2018416
Scientific Name: <i>Dinomys branickii</i>
Photo Credit: Carl C. Hansen, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History & Smithsonian Institution Archives
Field: Vertebrate Zoology
Date Collected: 1991-04

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