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Cuniculus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cuniculidae

Taxonomy
Cuniculus was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894; non Cuniculus Meyer 1790 and Cuniculus Wagler 1830]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Cuniculidae.

It was assigned to Cuniculidae by Ríos-Uzeda et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1762Cuniculus Brisson p. 13
1799Agouti Lacépède p. 9
1825Osteopera Gray p. 341
1825Osteopera Harlan p. 126
1902Agouti Hay p. 734
1904Agouti Palmer p. 845
2004Cuniculus Ríos-Uzeda et al. p. 109

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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
familyCuniculidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
genusCuniculus

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. Cuniculus Brisson 1762
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Cuniculus paca Linnaeus 1766 [lowland paca]
Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1885 [mountain paca]
Invalid names: Agouti Lacépède 1799 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (glacial)2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) C. rugiceps (140474)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Paraná) C. paca (211843)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Agouti paca (211822)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) C. rugiceps (113472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Agouti paca (71295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) C. rugiceps (211636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Agouti paca (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Agouti paca, C. rugiceps (71334) C. paca (71331) C. sp., Agouti paca (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) C. rugiceps (140358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) C. paca (211801 212719)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Agouti paca (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (São Paulo) C. paca (148397)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Agouti paca (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Agouti paca (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Agouti paca (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Agouti paca (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pará) C. paca (211490)