Cavia magna

Ximénez, 1980

Greater 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

Ximénez, A. 1980. Notas sobre el genero Cavia Pallas con la descripcion de _Cavia magna_ sp.n. (Mammalia-Caviidae). Revista Nordestina de Biología 3:145-179.

Original name as described

Cavia magna

Type material

MZUSP 11843

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"en las orillas del arroyo Imbé, municipio de Tramandaí, estado de Rio Grande del Sur, Brasil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001193

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 magna

Ximénez, 1980

Family

Caviidae

Root name

magna

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZUSP 11843

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Revista Nordestina de Biología

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4066/22188832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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