This rodent is an important game animal throughout its range, and is frequently taken as bush meat. It makes up as much as 8% of wild meat consumed (Patton 2015). Asprilla-Perea et al. (2011) found no relation between the relative abundance of paca and the number of hunters of the harvest value per month. Valsecchi et al. (2014) found that hunting happened at night and that moonlighting was a common technique. Aquino et al. (2009) estimated hunting pressures to be 0.4 individuals/km2 and population density to be 6.2 individuals per km2. Gallina et al. (2012) interviewed 176 people in Mexico and estimated that this group had hunted 488 paca in the year. There are no regulations on hunting in the area.