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
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