Caviinae
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Caviinae is a subfamily uniting all living members of the family Caviidae with the exception of the maras. The subfamily contains the more traditional guinea pig-like forms along with the cursorially (running) adapted Kerodon. Molecular results suggest that the Caviinae may be paraphyletic and that Kerodon may be more related to maras and the capybara than to other caviines (Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002). These studies also suggest that Microcavia and Cavia are more closely related to one another than either is to Galea.
[edit] Genera and species
- Subfamily Caviinae
- †Neoprocavia
- †Allocavia
- †Palaeocavia
- †Neocavia
- †Dolicavia
- †Macrocavia
- †Caviops
- †Pascualia
- Galea - yellow-toothed cavies
- Galea flavidens - Brandt's Yellow-toothed Cavy (may be an invalid species)
- Galea musteloides - Common Yellow-toothed Cavy
- Galea spixii - Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy
- Microcavia - mountain cavies
- Microcavia australis - Southern Mountain Cavy
- Microcavia niata - Andean Mountain Cavy
- Microcavia shiptoni - Shipton's Mountain Cavy
- Cavia - guinea pigs
- Cavia aperea - Brazilian Guinea Pig
- Cavia fulgida - Shiny Guinea Pig
- Cavia intermedia - Intermediate Guinea Pig
- Cavia magna - Greater Guinea Pig
- Cavia porcellus - Domestic Guinea Pig
- Cavia tschudii - Montane Guinea Pig
[edit] References
- Duff, A. and A. Lawson. 2004. Mammals of the World A Checklist. New Haven, Yale University Press.
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- Rowe, D. L. and R. L. Honeycutt. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, ecological correlates, and molecular evolution within the Cavioidea (Mammalia, Rodentia). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19:263-277.
