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Caviidae
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Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara. They are found across South America in open areas from moist savanna to thorn forests or scrub desert. This family of rodents has fewer members than most other rodent families, with 19 species in seven genera in three subfamilies.
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Caviidae is a family of mammals within the order Rodentia, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia and is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The family is classified under the superfamily Cavioidea and the suborder Hystricognathi. Its scientific name is Caviidae, with the taxon rank of family.
The temporal range for this family begins in the Middle Miocene. The taxon status is accepted, with the authority cited as Waterhouse, 1839. Records associated with Caviidae have been documented in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, and the United States. These records are held by institutions including MCZ, AMNH, UCMP, and UF.
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Species
Caviidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyCaviidae
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- Specimen records
- 93
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Caviidae
- Collections
- MCZ, AMNH, UCMP, UF
- Recorded in
- Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, United States
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- Caviidae
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- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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- Caviidae
- vocalized name
- קַּבְיָתִיִּים
- temporal range start
- Middle Miocene
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Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara. They are found across South America in open areas from moist savanna to thorn forests or scrub desert. This family of rodents has fewer members than most other rodent families, with 19 species in seven genera in three subfamilies.
==Characteristics== thumb|left|Guinea pig skull on top of a capybara skull With the exception of the maras, which have a more rabbit-like appearance, caviids have short, heavy bodies and large heads. Most have no visible tails. They range in size from the smaller cavies at 22 cm in body length, and 300 grams in weight, up to the capybara, the largest of all rodents at 106 to 134 cm in length, and body weights of 35 to 66 kilograms. Even larger forms existed in the Pliocene, such as Phugatherium, which was about the size of a tapir.
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