驼鼠（Cuniculus paca）是美洲热带及亚热带的一种大型啮齿目，分布在墨西哥东中部至阿根廷北部。

驼鼠的毛很粗糙，没有细软绒毛，上身呈深褐色至黑色，下身则呈白色或黄色。牠们两侧一般有三至五列斑点。牠们有厚壮的脚，前肢有四趾，后肢有五趾。脚甲像蹄。尾巴短及无毛。颧弓两侧及后背很阔，可以作为共振室。 成年驼鼠重约6-12公斤。每年会产两胎，每胎一般只有一子。妊娠期为120日。幼驼鼠1岁就可以达至性成熟。

The lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina. Introduced to Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It is called paca in most of its range, but tepezcuintle in most of Mexico and Central America, pisquinte in northern Costa Rica, jaleb in the Yucatán peninsula, conejo pintado in Panamá, guanta in Ecuador, majás or picuro in Peru, jochi pintado in Bolivia, and boruga or guardatinaja in Colombia. It is also known as the gibnut in Belize, where it is prized as a game animal, labba in Guyana, lapa in Venezuela, and lappe on the island of Trinidad.