Cavia fulgida

Wagler, 1831

Shiny 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

Isis., vol. 24, 512

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512943

Original name as described

Cavia fulgida

Type locality

"Amazonia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001191

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cavia obscura

H. Lichtenstein, 1823

Family

Caviidae

Root name

obscura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229315

Authority publication

Berlin

Cavia fulgida

Wagler, 1831

Family

Caviidae

Root name

fulgida

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

511 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512943

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4065/22188918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cavia rufescens

P. W. Lund, 1839

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13397198

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Cavia rufescens

P. W. Lund, 1840

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13603078

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cavia nigricans

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Family

Caviidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31058879

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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