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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caviinae
--> GENUS Galea
SPECIES Galea flavidens
| Author: | Brandt, 1835. | | Citation: | Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, ser. 6, 3: 439. | | Common Name: | Brazilian Yellow-toothed Cavy | | Type Locality: | Unknown; possibly Minas Gerais, Brazil. | | Distribution: | Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Paula Couto (1950:232) considered flavidens synonymous with spixii, but see Cabrera (1961:573) who believed both to be distinct species and discussed the type locality. |
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