HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caviinae
--> GENUS Cavia
SPECIES Cavia magna
Author: | Ximinez, 1980. | Citation: | Rev. Nordest. Biol., 3 (especial): 148. | Common Name: | Greater Guinea Pig | Type Locality: | "en las orillas del arroyo Imbé, municipio de Tramandaí, estado de Rio Grande del Sur, Brasil". | Distribution: | Dept. of Rocha, Uruguay, to Estados Rio Grande del Sur and Santa Catarina, N Brazil. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=128 (Gava et al., 1998). |
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