Cavia intermedia

Cherem, Olimpio, & Ximénez, 1999

Santa Catarina's 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

Cherem, J.J., Olimpio, J. and Ximénez, A. 1999. Descrição de uma nova espécie do gênero Cavia Pallas, 1766 (Mammalia – Caviidae) das Ilhas dos Moleques do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sul do Brasil. Biotemas 12(1):95-117.

Original name as described

Cavia intermedia

Other common names

Intermediate Guinea Pig · Moleques do Sul Guinea Pig

Type material

UFSC 585

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"A maior das três ilhas que formam o Arquipélago de Moleques do Sul, a 27° 51' S, e 48° 26' W," Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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