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FAMILY Caviidae

Author:Fischer de Waldheim, 1817.
Citation:Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat., Moscow, 5: 372.
Comments:Name often accredited to Gray, 1821. The Hydrochoerids were included as a subfamily by Tate (1935) and Ellerman (1940) but others (McKenna and Bell, 1997; Miller and Gidley, 1918; Pocock, 1922a; Woods, 1993) have recognized them as a distinct family. Molecular data (Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002) clearly support the inclusion of Hydrochoeris within the Caviidae. Placed in the superfamily Cavioidea by Woods (1982) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
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SUBFAMILY Caviinae

GENUS Cavia

SPECIES aperea

SUBSPECIES aperea

SUBSPECIES guianae

SUBSPECIES hypoleuca

SUBSPECIES pamparum

SUBSPECIES patzelti

SUBSPECIES rosida

SPECIES fulgida

SPECIES intermedia

SPECIES magna

SPECIES porcellus

SPECIES tschudii

SUBSPECIES tschudii

SUBSPECIES arequipae

SUBSPECIES festina

SUBSPECIES osgoodi

SUBSPECIES sodalis

SUBSPECIES stolida

GENUS Galea

SPECIES flavidens

SPECIES musteloides

SUBSPECIES musteloides

SUBSPECIES auceps

SUBSPECIES demissa

SUBSPECIES leucoblephara

SUBSPECIES littoralis

SPECIES spixii

SUBSPECIES spixii

SUBSPECIES palustris

SUBSPECIES wellsi

GENUS Microcavia

SPECIES australis

SUBSPECIES australis

SUBSPECIES maenas

SUBSPECIES salinia

SPECIES niata

SUBSPECIES niata

SUBSPECIES pallidior

SPECIES shiptoni

SUBFAMILY Dolichotinae

GENUS Dolichotis

SPECIES patagonum

SUBSPECIES patagonum

SUBSPECIES centricola

SPECIES salinicola

SUBFAMILY Hydrochoerinae

GENUS Hydrochoeris

SPECIES hydrochaeris

SPECIES isthmius

GENUS Kerodon

SPECIES acrobata

SPECIES rupestris

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