Cavia Pallas 1766 (guinea pig)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Parent taxon: Caviidae according to A. E. Spotorno et al. 2004

See also Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Salles et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Allocavia, Cardiomyinae, Cardiomys, Caviinae, Caviodon, Caviops, Dolicavia, Dolichotinae, Dolichotis, Hydrochoerinae, Kerodon, Microcavia, Neocavia, Orthomyctera, Pascualia, Procardiomys, Prodolichotis, Propediolagus

Subtaxa: Cavia (Cavia) Cavia aperea Cavia cabrerai Cavia fulgida Cavia galileoi Cavia intermedia Cavia lamingnae Cavia magna Cavia oeningensis Cavia patzelti Cavia porcellus Cavia tschudii Cavia vates

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (7 collections), Brazil (8), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Myanmar (1), Peru (2), Somalia (1), Taiwan (1), Uruguay (3)

• Pliocene of Argentina (2)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (1)

Total: 28 collections including 31 occurrences

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