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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caviinae
--> GENUS Cavia
SPECIES Cavia intermedia
Author: | Cherem, Olimpio, and Ximenez, 1999. | Citation: | Biotemas, 12(1): 100. | Common Name: | Moleques do Sul Guinea Pig | Type Locality: | Brazil, Santa Catarina, Moleques do Sul Archipelago (27o51’S, 48o26’W). | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality in S Brazil. | Comments: | Karyotype has 2n=62 and FN=112 (Gava et al., 1998). |
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