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Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara. They are found across South America in open areas from moist savanna to thorn forests or scrub desert .
- Caviidae, Fischer von Waldheim, 1818
- Chordata
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Cavia tschudii. Cavia is a genus in the subfamily Caviinae that contains the rodents commonly known as guinea pigs or cavies. [1] The best-known species in this genus is the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, a meat animal in South America and a common household pet outside of that continent.
Hydrochoerinae is a subfamily of Caviidae, consisting of two living genera, Hydrochoerus, the capybaras, and Kerodon, the rock cavies. In addition, a number of extinct genera related to capybaras should also be placed in this subfamily.
The genus Kerodon (vernacular name mocos; rock cavies [1]) contains two species of South American rock cavies, related to capybaras and guinea pigs. [2] . They are found in semiarid regions of northeast Brazil known as the Caatinga.
