Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Alternative combination: Mus porcellus
Synonym: Cavia cobaya Pallas 1766 [objective synonym]
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Cavia according to A. Gava et al. 2012
See also Dunnum and Salazar-Bravo 2010, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Cavia (Cavia), Cavia aperea, Cavia cabrerai, Cavia fulgida, Cavia galileoi, Cavia intermedia, Cavia lamingnae, Cavia magna, Cavia oeningensis, Cavia patzelti, Cavia tschudii, Cavia vates
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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