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Cavia aperea (Brazilian guinea pig)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Cavia aperea was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Cavia aperea Erxleben
2010Cavia aperea Dunnum and Salazar-Bravo p. 379
2012Cavia aperea Gava et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusCaviaPallas 1766
speciesapereaErxleben 1777

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.

Cavia aperea Erxleben 1777 [Brazilian guinea pig]
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Invalid names: Cavia anolaimae Allen 1916 [synonym], Cavia porcellus venezuelae Allen 1911 [synonym]
Cavia aperea nana Thomas 1917
Invalid names: Cavia guianae caripensis Ojasti 1964 [synonym]
Cavia aperea aperea Erxleben 1777
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available