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SPECIES Cavia aperea
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 348. | Common Name: | Brazilian Guinea Pig | Type Locality: | Brazil, Pernambuco. | Distribution: | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, N Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes guianae; see Hückinghaus (1961:58) and Husson (1978:449); but also see Cabrera (1961:578) who placed guianae in porcellus. Includes pamparum according to Massoia and Fornes (1967) and Hückinghaus (1961:57), but Cabrera (1961:577) listed pamparum as a distinct species. Geographic variation in fundamental number has been reported; the karyotype of C. a. aperea has 2n=64 and FN=116 or 128 (George et al., 1972; Maia, 1984) and C. a. pamparum has 2n=64 and FN=128 (Gava et al., 1998). |
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