What kind of animal is a paca?
The jack rabbit leaps across our western prairies in giant jumps. Far to the north lives the varying hare who changes his summery brown coat for winter white. Many rabbits and cottontails make their homes in our fields and wildwoods. We often call all these furry fellows bunnies, because it is not easy to tell which is which. The bunny type animals of South America are somewhat different from the bobtailed bunnies that hop across our fields and hide in our woods. Some of the bunnies who live south of the border are whoppers, big and bouncy enough to scarf a medium size dog. One of them is the paca, who measures three feet from his sniffy little nose to where his tail would be, if he had one. He is a foot longer than our biggest jack rabbit. The paca is a shy and timid animal who spends the day hiding safely in his underground burrow. His legs are short and no good for giant jumps. Unlike our bunnies, he has a pair of small, round ears buried in his fur and too small to be noticed. His
