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Caviidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat., Moscow vol.5 p.372

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Caviidae

Name

Synonyms
Caviadae
Hydrochoeridae
Homonyms
Caviidae
Common names
CAPYBARAS AND MARAS in English
CAVIES in English
Cavia's in Dutch
Cavia-achtigen in Dutch
Cavidés in French
Cavie in Italian
Caviidés in French
Cavíidos in Spanish
Guinea pigs in English
Kawiowate in Polish
Kobaygiller in Turkish
Marowate in Polish
Marvinfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
Meerschweinchen in German
Tengerimalacfélék in Hungarian
capybaras in English
capybaras in English
capybaras in English
cavies in English
cavies in English
cavies in English
kapybarat in Finnish
maras in English
maras in English
maras in English
marsut in Finnish
marsvin in Danish
morčatovití in Czech
rock cavies in English
rock cavies in English
rock cavies in English
Свинковые in Russian
קביתיים in Hebrew
テンジクネズミ科 in Japanese
豚鼠科 in Chinese
천축서과 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. D'Elía, Guillermo, Pierre-Henri Fabre, and Enrique P. Lessa, 2019: Rodent systematics in an age of discovery: recent advances and prospects. Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 100, no. 3. 852-871.
  4. McKenna, Malcolm C., and Susan K. Bell, 1997: null. Classification of mammals above the species level. 631.
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  7. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  8. Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2016: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. 987.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  10. Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600.
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