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GENUS Kerodon

Author:F. Cuvier, 1825.
Citation:Dentes des Mammiferes: 151.
Type Species:Kerodon moco Lesson, 1827 (= Cavia rupestris Wied, 1820).
Comments:Reviewed by Hückinghaus (1961). Placed in the Caviinae by most workers but a sister taxa relationship between Kerodon and Hydrochoeris has been consistently observed (dos Reis, 1994; Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002; Woods, 1984).
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Offspring:

SPECIES acrobata

SPECIES rupestris

Synonyms:

    Cerodon Waterhouse, 1848
    Kerodons F. Cuvier, 1829

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