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Encyclopedia > Caviidae
Caviidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Subfamilies

 Caviinae
 Dolichotinae Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands... Families Many, see text The order Rodentia is the most numerous of all the branches on the mammal family tree. ... Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (October 13, 1771 – October 18, 1853) was a German anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist. ... Species The maras (Dolichotis) are a genus of the cavy family. ...

The Cavy (family Caviidae) is divided in two subfamilies:

  • Subfamily Caviinae: cavies and guinea pigs
    • Genus Cavia, this genus is especially called cavy.
    • Genus Galea
    • Genus Microcavia
    • Genus Kerodon
  • Subfamily Dolichotinae: Patagonian hares or maras

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ADW: Caviidae: Information (871 words)
The Caviidae is a family of rodents that occurs over most of South America.
Obvious dental characteristics distinguish the members of Caviidae from the members of other families of South American rodents.
The group underwent a radiation 5 to 2 million years ago, in the Pliocene; eleven genera are represented from that time.
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