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Hydrochoerus (capybara)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Hydrochoerus was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894; see also ICZN Opinion 1998 correct spelling is Hydrochoerus (see Opinion 1894) and misspelling Hydrochaeris stems from Brünnich 1772 see ICZN opinion 1894, 1998 misspelling Hydrochaeris stems from Brünnich 1772 see ICZN opinion 1894, 1998 misspelling Hydrochaeris stems from Brünnich 1772 see ICZN opinion 1894, 1998 misspelling Hydrochaeris stems from Brünnich 1772]. It is extant. Its type is Sus hydrochaeris. It is the type genus of Hydrochaeridae.

It was assigned to Belluae by Erxleben (1777); to Subungulata by Illiger (1811); to Hydrocharina by Gray (1825); to Rodentia by Leidy (1860); to Cavina by Ameghino (1885); to Caviidae by Ameghino (1902), Hay (1902); to Hydrochoeridae by Brisson (1762), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Hydrochoerinae by Mones and Ojasti (1986), Prado et al. (1998); and to Hydrochaeridae by Salles et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1762Hydrochoerus Brisson
1777Hydrochaerus Erxleben p. 45
1811Hydrochoerus Illiger p. 94
1825Hydrocharus Gray p. 341
1860Hydrochoerus Leidy p. 112
1872Capiguara Liais p. 545
1885Hydrochoerus Ameghino p. 41
1902Hydrochoerus Ameghino
1902Hydrochoerus Hay p. 734
1934Xenohydrochoerus Rusconi p. 21 figs. Fig. 1
1980Hydrochoerus Kurten and Anderson p. 274
1986Hydrochoerus Mones and Ojasti p. 1
1997Hydrochoerus McKenna and Bell
1998Hydrochoerus Prado et al. p. 796
2006Hydrochaeris Salles et al. p. 9

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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
subfamilyHydrochoerinae(Gill 1872)
genusHydrochoerus

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. Hydrochoerus Brisson 1762 [capybara]
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†Hydrochoerus gaylordi MacPhee et al. 2000
†Hydrochoerus hesperotiganites White et al. 2022 [capybara]
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 [capybara]
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Invalid names: Capiguara americana Liais 1872 [synonym], Cavia capybara Pallas 1766 [synonym], Hydrochoerus cololoi Berro 1968 [synonym], Hydrochoerus irroratus Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Hydrochoerus uruguayensis Ameghino and Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
Hydrochoerus isthmius Goldman 1912
†Hydrochoerus perturbidus Ameghino 1889
†Hydrochoerus tarijensis Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Capiguara Liais 1872 [synonym], Xenohydrochoerus Rusconi 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available