|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
SUBFAMILY Hydrochoerinae
| Author: | Gray, 1825. | | Citation: | Ann. Philos., n.s., 10: 341. | | Comments: | Molecular data (Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002) clearly support the inclusion of Hydrochoeris within the Caviidae. Kerodon is included due to the consistently observed sister taxon relationship between Hydrochoeris and Kerodon (dos Reis, 1994; Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002; Woods, 1984). Several distinct linages of the Hydrochoerinae are known in the fossil record and some fossil forms extend into North America during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene Mones (1984). |
|
| |
|
|
