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Taxon: Subfamily Caviinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Caviidae

Original position

Questionably Caviidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Original entries

Questionably †*Allocavia* (Genus) Pascual, 1962
Questionably †*Caviops* (Genus) Ameghino, 1908
Questionably †*Dolicavia* (Genus) Ameghino, 1916
Questionably †*Macrocavia* (Genus) Rusconi, 1933
Questionably *Microcavia* (Genus) Gervais & Ameghino, 1880
Questionably †*Neocavia* (Genus) Kraglievich, 1932
Questionably †*Neoprocavia* (Genus) Ameghino, 1889
Questionably †*Palaeocavia* (Genus) Ameghino, 1889
Questionably †*Pascualia* (Genus) Ortega Hinojosa, 1963

Subsequent entries

*Cavia* (Genus) Pallas, 1766
*Galea* (Genus) Meyen, 1833, nom. illeg.
*Kerodon* (Genus) Cuvier, 1825

Current position

Caviidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 200.

Historical positions

*Caviidae* (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 200.
*Caviidae* (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 778.
*Caviidae* (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.
*Caviidae* (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;12s; †8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4g;12s; †8g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[4g; †8g]
1993	C.A. Woods	[4g;12s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[4g;10s]

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