Cuniculus paca vs rodent

Cuniculus paca and rodent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Cuniculus paca	Yes	No	No	No
rodent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rodent is a hypernym of Cuniculus paca; that is, rodent is a word with a broader meaning than Cuniculus paca:

Cuniculus paca: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Other hypernyms of Cuniculus paca include gnawer.

Cuniculus paca (noun)	rodent (noun)
large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing