Cavia
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Caviomorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Caviidae
Subfamilia: Caviinae
Genus: Cavia
Species (7): C. aperea – C. intermedia – C. fulgida – C. magna – C. patzelti – C. porcellus – C. tschudii
Name
edit- Type species: Cavia cobaya Pallas, 1766, by subsequent combination.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea zoologica: quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef: Hagae Comitum. i–xii + 1–224 pp., pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Woods, C.A. 1993. Family Caviidae. Pp. 778–779 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
- Woods, C.A. & Kilpatrick, C.W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. Pp. 1538–1600 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
- Dunnum, J.L. & Salazar-Bravo, J. 2010. Molecular systematics, taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Cavia (Rodentia: Caviidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48(4): 376–388. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00561.x Reference page.
- Dunnum, J.L. 2015. Family Caviidae G. Fischer, 1817. Pp. 690–726 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Vernacular names
editdansk: Marsvin
Deutsch: Hausmeerschweinchen
English: Cavy
español: Conejillo de Indias, Cuy
suomi: Marsu
føroyskt: Marsvín
français: Cobaye
עברית: קביה
հայերեն: Ծովախոզուկ
Nederlands: Cavia
norsk: Marsvin
polski: Kawiaczka
português: Cobaia
svenska: Marsvin
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