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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caviinae
--> GENUS Galea
SPECIES Galea spixii
| Author: | Wagler, 1831. | | Citation: | Isis, 24: 512. | | Common Name: | Spix’s Yellow-toothed Cavy | | Type Locality: | Brazil, restricted to Minas Gerais, Lagoa Santa by Cabrera (1961:575). | | Distribution: | Brazil, Bolivia, east of the Andes. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Includes wellsi (Corbet and Hill, 1991:201); also see Cabrera (1961:575). Huckinghaus (1961:71) considered wellsi a distinct species. Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=118 (Maia, 1984). |
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