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Family
Hydrochaeridae
(Gray, 1825) Cabrera, 1961
- capybara
(mammal)
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Entity:
[Hystricognathi] (Suborder)
..[Bathygeromorpha] (Infraorder)
..[Caviomorpha] (Infraorder)
..[Hystricomorpha] (Infraorder)
..[Phiomorpha] (Infraorder)
..[Hydrochaeridae] (Family) - capybara
....[Hydrochaerus] (Genus)
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(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Chordata
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(Class)
Mammalia
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(Order)
Rodentia
Original position
Questionably
Cavoidea
(Superfamily)
Current position
Hystricognathi
(Suborder)
Tullberg, 1899
Ref:
C.A. Woods, 1993
: 781.
Alternative positions
Rodentia
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 201.
Historical positions
Hystricognathi
(Suborder)
Tullberg, 1899
Ref:
C.A. Woods, 1993
: 781; 7.
Rodentia
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 201.
Number of Subtaxa
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
1g;1s
1993
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder
: 7
1g;1s
1993
C.A. Woods
1g;1s
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[1g];1s
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28 Aug 2026