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GENUS Cavia

Author:Pallas, 1766.
Citation:Misc. Zool.: 30.
Type Species:Cavia cobaya Pallas, 1766 (= Mus porcellus Linnaeus, 1758).
Comments:Reviewed by Hückinghaus (1961) and Cabrera (1961). See Tate (1935:343) for the reason porcellus is "excluded from consideration" as the type because the name was not included under the generic name at the time of its original publication. This genus is in need of revision as the origin of the domesticated form and the number of species that occur in the wild remains unclear.
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Offspring:

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

Synonyms:

    Anoema F. Cuvier, 1809
    Cauia Storr, 1780
    Cobaia Aymard, 1854
    Cobaya G. Cuvier, 1817
    Coiza Billberg, 1828
    Mamcaviaus Herrera, 1899

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