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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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