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title="Deuterostomia">Deuterostomia</a><br /> Phylum: <a href="/wiki/Chordata" title="Chordata">Chordata</a> <br /> Subphylum: <a href="/wiki/Vertebrata" title="Vertebrata">Vertebrata</a> <br /> Infraphylum: <a href="/wiki/Gnathostomata_(Vertebrata)" title="Gnathostomata (Vertebrata)">Gnathostomata</a> <br /> Megaclassis: <a href="/wiki/Osteichthyes" title="Osteichthyes">Osteichthyes</a> <br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Sarcopterygii" title="Sarcopterygii">Sarcopterygii</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Rhipidistia" title="Rhipidistia">Rhipidistia</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Tetrapodomorpha" title="Tetrapodomorpha">Tetrapodomorpha</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Eotetrapodiformes" title="Eotetrapodiformes">Eotetrapodiformes</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Elpistostegalia" title="Elpistostegalia">Elpistostegalia</a><br /> Superclassis: <a href="/wiki/Tetrapoda" title="Tetrapoda">Tetrapoda</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Reptiliomorpha" title="Reptiliomorpha">Reptiliomorpha</a> <br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Amniota" title="Amniota">Amniota</a> <br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Synapsida" title="Synapsida">Synapsida</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Eupelycosauria" title="Eupelycosauria">Eupelycosauria</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Sphenacodontia" title="Sphenacodontia">Sphenacodontia</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Sphenacodontoidea" title="Sphenacodontoidea">Sphenacodontoidea</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Therapsida" title="Therapsida">Therapsida</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Theriodontia" title="Theriodontia">Theriodontia</a> <br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Cynodontia" title="Cynodontia">Cynodontia</a> <br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Eucynodontia" title="Eucynodontia">Eucynodontia</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Probainognathia" title="Probainognathia">Probainognathia</a> <br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Prozostrodontia" title="Prozostrodontia">Prozostrodontia</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Mammaliaformes" title="Mammaliaformes">Mammaliaformes</a><br /> Classis: <a href="/wiki/Mammalia" title="Mammalia">Mammalia</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Theriimorpha" title="Theriimorpha">Theriimorpha</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Theriiformes" title="Theriiformes">Theriiformes</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Trechnotheria" title="Trechnotheria">Trechnotheria</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Zatheria" title="Zatheria">Zatheria</a><br /> Subclassis: <a href="/wiki/Theria" title="Theria">Theria</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Eutheria" title="Eutheria">Eutheria</a><br /> Infraclassis: <a href="/wiki/Placentalia" title="Placentalia">Placentalia</a><br /> Magnordo: <a href="/wiki/Boreoeutheria" title="Boreoeutheria">Boreoeutheria</a><br /> Superordo: <a href="/wiki/Euarchontoglires" title="Euarchontoglires">Euarchontoglires</a><br /> Cladus: <a href="/wiki/Gliriformes" title="Gliriformes">Gliriformes</a><br /> Grandordo: <a href="/wiki/Glires" title="Glires">Glires</a><br /> Mirordo: <a href="/wiki/Simplicidentata" title="Simplicidentata">Simplicidentata</a><br /> Ordo: <a href="/wiki/Rodentia" title="Rodentia">Rodentia</a><br /> Subordo: <a href="/wiki/Hystricomorpha" title="Hystricomorpha">Hystricomorpha</a><br /> Infraordo: <a href="/wiki/Hystricognathi" title="Hystricognathi">Hystricognathi</a><br /> Parvordo: <a href="/wiki/Caviomorpha" title="Caviomorpha">Caviomorpha</a><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Familia: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Caviidae</a><br /> Subfamiliae (3): <a href="/wiki/Caviinae" title="Caviinae">Caviinae</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dolichotinae" title="Dolichotinae">Dolichotinae</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hydrochoerinae" title="Hydrochoerinae">Hydrochoerinae</a><br /> Conspectus generum (6): <i><a href="/wiki/Cavia" title="Cavia">Cavia</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Dolichotis" title="Dolichotis">Dolichotis</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Galea" title="Galea">Galea</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Hydrochoerus" title="Hydrochoerus">Hydrochoerus</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Kerodon" title="Kerodon">Kerodon</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Microcavia" title="Microcavia">Microcavia</a></i><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caviidae&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caviidae <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Gotthelf_Fischer_von_Waldheim" title="Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim">Fischer de Waldheim</a></span></span>, 1817 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caviidae&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_references">Primary references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caviidae&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Primary references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Gotthelf_Fischer_von_Waldheim" title="Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim">Fischer, G.</a></span></span> 1817. <span lang="la">Adversaria zoologica.</span> Fascicule I. <i><a href="/wiki/ISSN_1560-0432" title="ISSN 1560-0432">Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou</a></i> 5: 357–446. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10128982">BHL</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10128982">1</a> <span lang="la">De nexu corporum naturalium in universum.</span> pp. 357–367. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10128993">2</a> <span lang="la">De systemate Mammalium.</span> pp. 368–391. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10129016">3</a> <span lang="la">De mammalium generibus.</span> pp. 391–446. <a href="/wiki/Template:Fischer,_1817" title="Template:Fischer, 1817">Reference page</a>. </li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_references">Additional references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caviidae&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Additional references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Arthur_Woods" title="Charles Arthur Woods">Woods, C.A.</a></span></span></span></span> 1993. Family Caviidae. Pp. 778–779 <i>in</i> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Don_Ellis_Wilson" title="Don Ellis Wilson">Wilson, D.E.</a></span></span> & <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/DeeAnn_M._Reeder" title="DeeAnn M. Reeder">Reeder, D.M.</a></span></span> (eds.) . <i>Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference</i>. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56098-217-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56098-217-3">ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3</a>. <a href="/wiki/Template:Wilson_%26_Reeder,_1993" title="Template:Wilson & Reeder, 1993">Reference page</a>. </li> <li><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Arthur_Woods" title="Charles Arthur Woods">Woods, C.A.</a></span></span> & <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Charles_William_Kilpatrick" title="Charles William Kilpatrick">Kilpatrick, C.W.</a></span></span></span></span> 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. Pp. 1538–1600 <i>in</i> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Don_Ellis_Wilson" title="Don Ellis Wilson">Wilson, D.E.</a></span></span> & <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/DeeAnn_M._Reeder" title="DeeAnn M. Reeder">Reeder, D.M.</a></span></span> (eds.) . <i>Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference</i>. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-8221-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-8221-0">ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0</a>. <a href="/wiki/Template:Wilson_%26_Reeder,_2005" title="Template:Wilson & Reeder, 2005">Reference page</a>. </li> <li><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_L._Dunnum" title="Jonathan L. Dunnum">Dunnum, J.L.</a></span></span></span></span> 2015. Family Caviidae G. Fischer, 1817. Pp. 690–726 <i>in</i> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/James_Lloyd_Patton" title="James Lloyd Patton">Patton, J.L.</a></span></span>, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Ulyses_F.J._Pardi%C3%B1as" title="Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas">Pardiñas, U.F.J.</a></span></span> & <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" class="vcard"><span class="fn n nickname"><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_D%E2%80%99El%C3%ADa" title="Guillermo D’Elía">D’Elía, G.</a></span></span> (eds.). <i>Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents.</i> The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-16957-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-16957-6">ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6</a>. <a href="/wiki/Template:Patton,_Pardi%C3%B1as_%26_D%E2%80%99El%C3%ADa,_2015" title="Template:Patton, Pardiñas & D’Elía, 2015">Reference page</a>. </li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vernacular_names">Vernacular names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caviidae&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Vernacular names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="padding:0 10px; -moz-column-count: 2; -moz-column-gap: 40px; -moz-column-rule: 1px solid #aaa; -webkit-column-count: 2; -webkit-column-gap: 40px; -webkit-column-rule: 1px solid #aaa; column-count: 2; column-gap: 40px; column-rule: 1px solid #aaa; border:1px solid #aaa; background:#f9f9f9; 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