Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
       Family Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - cavies and Patagonian "hares"
         Subfamily Caviinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
           Genus Galea Meyen, 1833, nom. illeg. - yellow-toothed cavies
             1 Galea flavidens (Brandt, 1835)
             2 Galea musteloides Meyen, 1832 - common yellow-toothed cavy
             3 Galea spixii (Wagler, 1831)