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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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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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