Cavia aperea
Pallas, 1766
Brazilian Guinea Pig
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
Superfamily | : Cavioidea |
Family | : Caviidae |
Subfamily | : Caviinae |
Genus | : Cavia |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320990Original name as described
Cavia Aperea
Type locality
"Brazil, Pernambuco."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Brazil · Peru · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
previously included C. patzelti
Taxonomy notes citation
Dunnum, J. L., & Salazar‐Bravo, J. (2010). Molecular systematics, taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Cavia (Rodentia: Caviidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 48(4), 376-388.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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