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Cavia
Pallas, 1766
- cavies
(mammal)
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Entity:
Caviinae (Subfamily)
..†Allocavia (Genus)
..†Caviops (Genus)
..†Dolicavia (Genus)
..Galea (Genus) - yellow-toothed cavies
..Kerodon (Genus) - rock cavy
..†Macrocavia (Genus)
..Microcavia (Genus) - mountain cavies
..†Neocavia (Genus)
..†Neoprocavia (Genus)
..†Palaeocavia (Genus)
..†Pascualia (Genus)
..Cavia (Genus) - cavies
....Cavia aperea (Species)
....Cavia fulgida (Species)
....Cavia magna (Species)
....Cavia porcellus (Species) - domestic Guinea pig
....Cavia tschudii (Species) - montane guinea pig
Authorship
Original name
:
Pallas, 1766:30-33.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Etymology
Derived name
:
Caviibacterium
(Genus)
Adhikary
et al.
2018
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [11 May 2026].
Types
Type of
:
Caviinae
(Subfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Variants
Different spelling
:
Scavia
(Genus)
Blumenbach, 1797
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
†
Sunocavia
(Genus)
Özdikmen, 2009
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 May 2017.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
cavia's
:
Guinese biggetjes
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
cavies
:
Guinea pigs
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