Microcavia

Microcavia

Southern Mountain Cavy (Microcavia australis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Caviidae
Subfamily:	Caviinae
Genus:	Microcavia

Microcavia (mountain cavies) is a rodent genus in the family Caviidae.

It contains these species:

Southern mountain cavy, M. australis
Andean mountain cavy, M. niata
Shipton's mountain cavy, M. shiptoni

Extant species of family Caviidae (Cavies)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha

Galea (Yellow-toothed cavies)	Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea flavidens) Common Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea musteloides) Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea spixii) Muenster Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea monasteriensis)

Microcavia (Mountain cavies)	Southern Mountain Cavy (Microcavia australis) Andean Mountain Cavy (Microcavia niata) Shipton's Mountain Cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)

Cavia (Guinea pigs)	Brazilian Guinea Pig (Cavia aperea) Shiny Guinea Pig (Cavia fulgida) Santa Catarina´s Guinea Pig (Cavia intermedia) Greater Guinea Pig (Cavia magna) Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) Montane Guinea Pig (Cavia tschudii)

Dolichotis (Maras)	Patagonian Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola)

Hydrochoerus	Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Lesser Capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius)

Kerodon (Rock cavies)	Rock Cavy (Kerodon rupestris) Acrobatic cavy (Kerodon acrobata)

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