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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caviinae
--> GENUS Cavia
SPECIES Cavia tschudii
| Author: | Fitzinger, 1857. | | Citation: | Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien: 154. | | Common Name: | Montane Guinea Pig | | Type Locality: | Peru, Ica Dept., Ica. | | Distribution: | Peru, S Bolivia, NW Argentina, N Chile. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | | Comments: | Formerly included in aperea by Hückinghaus (1961:57); but see Cabrera (1961:579) and Pine et al. (1979:361), who considered tschudii a distinct species. Anderson (1997) recognized nana as a subspecies but Hückinghaus placed in synonymy with sodalis. Includes stolida (Cabrera, 1961:579), but also see Hückinghaus (1961:58), who considered stolida a distinct species. |
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