Kerodon acrobata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caviomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha

Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks & Langguth, 1997: 1

Holotype: MNRJ 22729, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by José Antonio Pereira Ramos on 25 July 1965.
Type locality: “Fazenda Santa Helena, at Rio São Mateus, about 72 km from São Domingos and 60 km from Posse (by road), 13°50'S, 46°50'W, Goiás, Brazil”.

Moojen, J., Locks, M. & Langguth, A. 1997. A new species of Kerodon Cuvier, 1825 from the state of Goiás, Brazil (Mammalia, Rodentia, Caviidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série, Zoologia 377: 1–10. Reference page.

Bezerra, A.M.R. et al. 2010. Endemic climbing cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae: Hydrochoerinae) from dry forest patches in the Cerrado domain: new data on distribution, natural history, and morphology. Zootaxa 2724: 29–36.

English: Acrobatic Cavy
português do Brasil: Mocó-de-Goiás