Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Family Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - cavies and Patagonian "hares" Genus Galea Meyen, 1833, nom. illeg. - yellow-toothed cavies Galea spixii (Wagler, 1831)