Hydrochoerus gaylordi
| Hydrochoerus gaylordi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | Hydrochoerus |
| Species: | H. gaylordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrochoerus gaylordi MacPhee et al., 2000
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Hydrochoerus gaylordi is an extinct species of capybara that lived in Grenada. This species was found in 1991 by Ronald Singer and his colleagues. The species was named after Joseph Gaylord as an acknowledgment of Singer.[1][page needed]
References[]
- ^ MacPhee, RDE; Singer, R (2000). Late Cenozoic land mammals from Grenada.
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