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Microcavia

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Microcavia was named by Gervais and Ameghino (1880). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caviidae by Rovereto (1914) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Microcavia Gervais and Ameghino
1914Microcavia Rovereto p. 138
1997Microcavia McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
genusMicrocaviaGervais and Ameghino 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Microcavia Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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†Microcavia aua Mones and Castiglioni 1979
Microcavia australis Geoffroy and Dorbigny 1833
†Microcavia chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Microcavia isolinense Castellanos 1936
†Microcavia prona Ameghino 1889
†Microcavia uncinata Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available