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Cuniculidae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cuniculidae

Taxonomy
Cuniculidae was named by Miller and Gidley (1918). It is extant. Its type is Cuniculus.

It was assigned to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958); and to Cavioidea by Upham and Patterson (2015).

Subtaxa
Cuniculus (syn. Agouti, Osteopera) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Cuniculidae Miller and Gidley
1958Cuniculidae Wood p. 172
2015Cuniculidae Upham and Patterson

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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
familyCuniculidaeMiller and Gidley 1918

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.

Fm. Cuniculidae Miller and Gidley 1918
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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
No measurements are available
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 Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Cuniculidae indet. (55602)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Cuniculus rugiceps (140474)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) Cuniculus rugiceps (113472)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Agouti paca (211822)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Paraná) Cuniculus paca (211843)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Agouti paca (71295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Agouti paca, Cuniculus rugiceps (71334) Cuniculus paca (71331) Cuniculus sp., Agouti paca (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Agouti paca (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Cuniculus rugiceps (211636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Cuniculus rugiceps (140358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Cuniculus paca (211801 212719)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Agouti paca (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (São Paulo) Cuniculus paca (148397)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Agouti paca (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Agouti paca (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Agouti paca (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pará) Cuniculus paca (211490)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Agouti paca (21687)