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Cavia magna

Cavia magna , Photo: Michael Lahanas

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Infraordo: Caviomorpha
Familia: Caviidae
Subfamilia: Caviinae
Genus: Cavia
Species: Cavia magna

Name

Cavia magna Ximinez, 1980

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Greater guinea pig
Português: Preá-grande

The Greater Guinea Pig, Cavia magna, is a guinea pig species from South America.[2] It is found in Brazil and Uruguay.
References

^ Gonzalez, E. & Lessa, E. (2008). Cavia magna. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1553. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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