Microcavia
| Microcavia | |
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| Southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Subfamily: | Caviinae |
| Genus: | Microcavia Gervais and Ameghino, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Microcavia typus † Gervais and Ameghino, 1880
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Microcavia (mountain cavies) is a genus of rodents in the family Caviidae. They are unique within their family in that their premolar teeth do not grow and replace the original deciduous cheek teeth until after the animal is born; in other genera this occurs in the womb.[1]
It contains six extant species:[2]
- Southern mountain cavy, M. australis
- , M. jayat
- , M. maenas
- Andean mountain cavy, M. niata
- Shipton's mountain cavy, M. shiptoni
- M. sorojchi
At least nine fossil species have also been named, dating back to the mid Pliocene, although it is unclear how many of these are truly valid.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Tognelli, M.F.; Campos, C.M. & Ojeda, R.A. (2001). "Microcavia australis" (PDF). Mammalian Species. 648: 1–4. doi:10.1644/1545-1410(2001)648<0001:ma>2.0.co;2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-11-26
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Categories:
- Cavies
- Rodent genera
- Taxa named by Paul Gervais
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Rodent stubs