DeCS

Descriptor English:

Cuniculidae

Descriptor Spanish:

Cuniculidae

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Cuniculidae
Entry term(s)	Cuniculus paca
Scope note:	Familia de grandes roedores (20-30 pulgadas de largo), herbívoros, que habitan en América Central y Sudamérica. Carecen casi de cola y poseen un cuerpo rechoncho, pelo de color marrón oscuro, con líneas de puntos en sus costados y, en su lomo, patas robustas, las traseras más largas que las delanteras, así como una gran cabeza cuadrada con orejas cortas.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Cuniculidae

Descriptor French:

Cuniculidae

Entry term(s):

Agouti paca
Agoutidae
Cuniculus
Cuniculus paca
Pacas

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.373

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065469

Scope note:

A family of large (20 to 30 inches long) plant eating rodents found in Central and South America. They are nearly tailless and have chunky bodies, dark brown fur with spotted lines along their sides and back, with stout legs and hind limbs that are longer than the forelimbs, and a large, square head with short ears.

Annotation:

do not confuse entry term AGOUTIDAE with AGOUTIS see DASYPROCTIDAE

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

55541

Unique ID:

D065469

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

2015/01/01

Date of Entry:

2014/06/26

Revision Date:

2017/07/12