Veukama: paka

Paca (Cuniculus rasa) igonzo remhuri yegouti. 

Inogara mumhenderekedzo yegungwa yemasango eSouth America. Varume vakuru vanosvika kureba kwe80 cm uye huremu hwe10 kg. Inonziwo paw mune dzimwe nzvimbo. Igonzo hombe rine muswe mupfupi. Iine ganda rakatetepa kwazvo, apo mitsara yakati wandei ye mottles machena uye maspekle anomira achitarisana nerima rakatsvuka kumashure kwemativi. Tsoka dzeshure nezvigunwe zvishanu. Panoperera muromo, ndebvu refu inhengo dzekubata. Iyo convex arch ye zygomatic bone yedehenya ine depression iyo inoshanda seresonator yekugadzirwa kwemanzwi, chimiro chisingawanikwe mune dzimwe mhuka dzinoyamwisa. Izvi zvinoita kuti Paka aite seazvimba matama. 

Iyo paca inogoverwa kubva kuMexico kuenda kuParaguay neArgentina munzvimbo dzemasango. Kupuruzira mumarara ane mashizha, kutsvaga michero yakadonha nemidzi inodyiwa. Kunyanya inosarudza michero yemiti kubva kumhuri yemaonde. Pakuchera, paka haishandisi makumbo chete ane mahwanda akasimba-akafanana nemakumbo, asiwo mazino. Panguva imwecheteyo, kunyange midzi yakakora hairegi. 

Paca (Cuniculus rasa) Chipembere ichi chinoshanda usiku uye chinoswera chiri mumakomba chainozvicherera chega. Inotungamira mararamiro epasi, inoshambira zvakanaka. Inodya michero uye greenery yemiti. Kazhinji kazhinji kune vanhu vasina kuroora. 

Nekuda kwenyama yakanaka, paca inoteverwa nevavhimi. Vanoivhima usiku kana mambakwedza nembwa. Panguva imwecheteyo, pakutanga anoedza kuvanza mugomba, asi imbwa dzinomudzinga kubva ipapo, uye mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma kudaro, boka racho rinoedza kusvika kumahombekombe erwizi nokukurumidza kuitira kutiza nekushambira. Muzvikepe pedyo nemhenderekedzo, vavhimi vakamirira kuonekwa kwechikara. Dzimwe nguva pacu dzinovhimwa nerambi, dzichiwana mhuka nekupenya kwemaziso adzo. 

Paca anorwa zvakanaka, achisvetukira kune vanoshungurudza zvisingatarisirwi uye achiruma nema incisors ake makuru. Haangogoni kushambira zvakanaka chete, asiwo kunyura zvakanakisa. Mukutapwa, inokurumidza kupingudzwa uye inonamatira kumuridzi, sembwa. Pasinei nekuvhima kwakanyanya, pakiti yacho yakawanda kwazvo munzvimbo - kubva kumazana akati wandei kusvika kune chiuru misoro pa1 km2. MaIndia eAmazon anoshandisa incisors yerodent iyi (uye agouti) kukwenya kubhowa kwepfuti.