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--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dolichotinae
GENUS Dolichotis
Author: | Desmarest, 1820. | Citation: | Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 88: 205. | Type Species: | Cavia patachonica Shaw, 1801 (= Cavia patagonum Zimmerman, 1780). | Comments: | Includes Pediolagus (Starrett, 1967:263); but see Cabrera (1961:580) who considered it distinct. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES patagonum SUBSPECIES patagonum SUBSPECIES centricola SPECIES salinicola | Synonyms:
Chloromys Desmoulins, 1823 Lagospedius Marelli, 1928 Mara d’Orbigny, 1829 Pediolagus Marelli, 1927
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