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Caviidae
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- cavies and Patagonian "hares"
(mammal)
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Entity:
Cavioidea (Superfamily)
..Cuniculidae (Family)
..Dasyproctidae (Family) - agoutis and pacas
..†Eocardiidae (Family)
..Hydrochoeridae (Family)
..Caviidae (Family) - cavies and Patagonian "hares"
....†Cardiomyinae (Subfamily)
....Caviinae (Subfamily)
....Dolichotinae (Subfamily)
....†Strata (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Waterhouse, 1839
Unavailable original name
:
Fischer [von Waldheim], G. 1814.
Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata
. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Mosquae
: VIII, 81.
Original name
:
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817:372.
Subsequent rank
:
1839. Waterhouse, 1839
: 91.
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Cavioidea
(Superfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Caviinae
(Subfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
cavia's
:
halfhoevigen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
cavies and Patagonian "hares"
:
Guinea pigs
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