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List of caviids

{{short description|Species in mammal family Caviidae}}

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File:Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris in Brazil in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 09.jpg (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris)|alt=Brown capybara]]

Caviidae is a family of mammals in the order Rodentia and part of the Caviomorpha parvorder. Members of this family are called caviids and include guinea pigs, cavies, maras, and capybaras. They are found in South America and the southeast tip of Central America, primarily in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and savannas, though some species can be found in wetlands or rocky areas. They range in size from Shipton's mountain cavy, at {{convert|19|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}, to the capybara, at {{convert|134|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} plus a {{convert|2|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail. Caviids are herbivores and eat a wide variety of vegetation, primarily grass and leaves. Almost no caviids have population estimates, though the Santa Catarina's guinea pig is categorized as critically endangered with a population of fewer than sixty mature adults.

The twenty-one extant species of Caviidae are divided into three subfamilies: Caviinae, containing fifteen species of guinea pigs and cavies in three genera; Dolichotinae, containing a single genus of two mara species; and Hydrochoerinae, containing four capybara and cavy species in two genera. A few extinct prehistoric caviid species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries, the exact number and categorization is not fixed.

Conventions

{{IUCN statuses|ex=0|ew=0|cr=1|en=0|vu=0|nt=1|lc=13|dd=5|ne=1}}

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the caviid's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.

Classification

Caviidae is a family consisting of twenty-one species in six genera. These genera are divided between three subfamilies: Caviinae, containing guinea pigs and cavies; Dolichotinae, or the maras; and Hydrochoerinae, containing capybara and cavy species.

Family Caviidae

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|1=Cavia

|2=Microcavia

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|2={{clade

|label1=Dolichotinae  

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|label2=Hydrochoerinae 

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|2=Kerodon

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Caviids

The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by the reference work Mammal Species of the World (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis, as supported by both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists.

=Subfamily Caviinae=

{{Main|Caviinae}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Cavia |authority-name=Pallas |authority-year=1766 |species-count=seven}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Brazilian guinea pig |binomial=C. aperea

|image=File:Wildmeerschweinchen-06.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown guinea pig

|authority-name=Erxleben |authority-year=1777

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Five subspecies |bullets=on

| C. a. aperea

| C. a. guianae

| C. a. hypoleuca

| C. a. pamparum

| C. a. rosida

}}

|range=Northern, central, and eastern South America |range-image=File:Cavia aperea distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|21|–|39|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Savanna, grassland, and rocky areas

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Greater guinea pig |binomial=C. magna

|image=File:Cavia_magna_(Wroclaw_zoo).JPG |image-size=180px |image-alt=Dark brown guinea pig

|authority-name=Ximénez |authority-year=1980

|range=Southern Brazil and Uruguay |range-image=File:Cavia_magna_map.svg |range-image-size=171px

|size={{convert|22|–|34|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Forest and grassland

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Guinea pig |binomial=C. porcellus

|image=File:George_the_amazing_guinea_pig.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Black and white guinea pig

|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes

|range=Worldwide, primarily western South America |range-image= |range-image-size=180px

|size={{convert|20|–|25|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Domesticated; wild guinea pigs are found in grasslands

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=NE |population=36 million, excluding pets

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Montane guinea pig |binomial=C. tschudii

|image=File:Cavia_tschudii_31084241.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Black guinea pig

|authority-name=Fitzinger |authority-year=1867

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Six subspecies |bullets=on

| C. t. arequipae

| C. t. festina

| C. t. osgoodi

| C. t. sodalis

| C. t. stolida

| C. t. tschudii

}}

|range=Western South America |range-image=File:Cavia_tschudii_distribution_map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|22|–|27|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Forest, grassland, and inland wetlands

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Sacha guinea pig |binomial=C. patzelti

|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Schliemann |authority-year=1982

|range=Ecuador |range-image=File:Cavia patzelti distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=28–29 cm (11 in) long, with no tail

|habitat=Grassland

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Santa Catarina's guinea pig |binomial=C. intermedia

|image=File:Cavia_intermedia_f825.JPG |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown guinea pig

|authority-name=Cherem, Olimpio, & Trianón |authority-year=1999

|range=Moleques do Sul Archipelago in southern Brazil |range-image=File:Cavia_intermedia_distribution.png |range-image-size=180px

|size={{convert|27|–|31|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Grassland

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=CR |population=24–60

|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Shiny guinea pig |binomial=C. fulgida

|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Wagler |authority-year=1831

|range=Southeastern Brazil |range-image=File:Cavia_fulgida_distribution_map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|22|–|27|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Forest and grassland

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Galea |authority-name=Meyen |authority-year=1832 |species-count=five}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy |binomial=G. flavidens

|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Brandt |authority-year=1835

|range=Central Brazil |range-image=File:Galea flavidens distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|20|–|23|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Savanna and rocky areas

|hunting=Grass, forbs, and other vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Common yellow-toothed cavy |binomial=G. musteloides

|image=File:Galea musteloides1.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown cavy

|authority-name=Meyen |authority-year=1832

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Five subspecies |bullets=on

| G. m. auceps

| G. m. demissa

| G. m. leucoblephara

| G. m. littoralis

| G. m. musteloides

}}

|range=Western South America |range-image=File:Galea musteloides distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=Unknown, with no tail

|habitat=Shrubland and grassland

|hunting=Grass, forbs, and other vegetation

|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Lowland yellow-toothed cavy |binomial=G. leucoblephara

|image=File:Galea_leucoblephara_33484925.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray cavy

|authority-name=Burmeister |authority-year=1861 |authority-not-original=yes

|range=Southwestern South America |range-image=File:Galea_leucoblephara_distribution_map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|19|–|23|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Grassland

|hunting=Grass, forbs, and other vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Southern highland yellow-toothed cavy |binomial=G. comes

|image=File:Galea comes 453524410.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown cavy

|authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1919

|range=Western South America |range-image=File:Galea comes distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=About {{convert|24|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Shrubland

|hunting=Grass, forbs, and other vegetation

|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Spix's yellow-toothed cavy |binomial=G. spixii

|image=File:Pre%C3%A1-do-nordeste_(galea_spixii).JPG |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown cavy

|authority-name=Wagler |authority-year=1831

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on

| G. s. palustris

| G. s. spixii

| G. s. wellsi

}}

|range=Eastern Brazil |range-image=File:Galea spixii distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=22–23 cm (9 in), with no tail

|habitat=Savanna and rocky areas

|hunting=Grass, forbs, and other vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Microcavia |authority-name=Gervais & Ameghino |authority-year=1880 |species-count=three}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Andean mountain cavy |binomial=M. niata

|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1898 |authority-not-original=yes

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on

| M. n. niata

| M. n. pallidior

}}

|range=Western South America |range-image=File:Microcavia_niata_distribution_map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|19|–|20|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Grassland and inland wetlands

|hunting=Leaves, as well as fruit

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Shipton's mountain cavy |binomial=M. shiptoni

|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Thomas |authority-year=1925 |authority-not-original=yes

|range=Northern Argentina |range-image=File:Microcavia shiptoni distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=About {{convert|19|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Grassland and rocky areas

|hunting=Leaves, as well as fruit

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Southern mountain cavy |binomial=M. australis

|image=File:Microcavia_Australis.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown cavy

|authority-name=Geoffroy & d'Orbigny |authority-year=1833 |authority-not-original=yes

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on

| M. a. australis

| M. a. maenas

| M. a. salinia

}}

|range=Southern South America |range-image=File:Microcavia australis distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=Unknown, with no tail

|habitat=Forest, savanna, and desert

|hunting=Leaves, as well as fruit

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

=Subfamily Dolichotinae=

{{Main|Dolichotinae}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Dolichotis |authority-name=Desmarest |authority-year=1820 |species-count=two}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Chacoan mara |binomial=D. salinicola

|image=File:%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F,_%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F,_%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_(Dolichotis_salinicola),_Chacoan_mara,_Kleiner_Mara,_Tierpark_Berlin_Friedrichsfelde,_10.2012.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown long-legged cavy

|authority-name=Burmeister |authority-year=1876

|range=Western South America |range-image=File:Dolichotis_salinicola_distribution_map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size={{convert|42|–|48|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|1|–|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} tail

|habitat=Savanna

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Patagonian mara |binomial=D. patagonum

|image=File:Dolichotis_patagonum_99386074.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown long-legged cavy

|authority-name=Zimmermann |authority-year=1780 |authority-not-original=yes

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on

| D. p. centricola

| D. p. patagonum

}}

|range=Argentina |range-image=File:Patagonian_Mara_Dolichotis_patagonum_distribution_map.png |range-image-size=129px

|size={{convert|60|–|80|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|2|–|4|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} tail

|habitat=Forest, shrubland, and grassland

|hunting=Wide variety of vegetation

|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown

|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

=Subfamily Hydrochoerinae=

{{Main|Hydrochoerinae}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Hydrochoerus |authority-name=Brisson |authority-year=1762 |species-count=two}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Capybara |binomial=H. hydrochaeris

|image=File:Hydrochoeris_hydrochaeris_in_Brazil_in_Petr%C3%B3polis,_Rio_de_Janeiro,_Brazil_09.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Brown capybara

|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes

|range=South America |range-image=File:Capybara_range.svg |range-image-size=180px

|size={{convert|107|–|134|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|1|–|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} tail

|habitat=Forest, savanna, and inland wetlands

|hunting=Grass, as well as aquatic plants, grains, melons, and squashes

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Lesser capybara |binomial=H. isthmius

|image=File:Hydrochoerus_isthmius_19742666_(cropped).jpg |image-size=147px |image-alt=Brown capybara

|authority-name=Goldman |authority-year=1912

|range=Northwestern South America and Panama |range-image=File:Lesser_Capybara_range.png |range-image-size=160px

|size=About {{convert|102|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, plus {{convert|1|–|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} tail

|habitat=Forest and inland wetlands

|hunting=Grass, as well as aquatic plants, grains, melons, and squashes

|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Kerodon |authority-name=F. Cuvier |authority-year=1825 |species-count=two}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Acrobatic cavy |binomial=K. acrobata

|image=File:Kerodon-acrobata-asportella.JPG |image-size=180px |image-alt=Gray cavy

|authority-name=Moojen, Locks, & Langguth |authority-year=1997

|range=Central Brazil |range-image=File:Kerodon acrobata distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=About {{convert|38|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Forest, savanna, and rocky areas

|hunting=Leaves and other tree vegetation

|iucn-status=DD |population=Unknown

|direction={{population change unknown}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Rock cavy |binomial=K. rupestris

|image=File:Kerodon_rupestris.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=Two brown cavies

|authority-name=Wied-Neuwied |authority-year=1820 |authority-not-original=yes

|range=Eastern Brazil |range-image=File:Kerodon rupestris distribution map.png |range-image-size=146px

|size=About {{convert|30|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long, with no tail

|habitat=Savanna and rocky areas

|hunting=Leaves, flowers, buds, bark and occasionally fruit

|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown

|direction={{steady|Population steady}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

References

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{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42108 |title=Fossilworks: Caviidae |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=University of Wisconsin–Madison |access-date=June 6, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210161455/https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42108 |url-status=live }}

Honeycutt, pp. 61–81

Wilson, Reeder, pp. 1552-1555

Nowak, p. 1665

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Nowak, p. 1669

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Nowak, p. 1673

Chernasky; Motis; Burgin, p. 355

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Wagner; Manning, pp. 31–32

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{{cite iucn |last1=Dunnum |first1=J. |last2=Teta |first2=P. |title=Cavia tschudii |volume=2016 |page=e.T4068A22188991 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4068A22188991.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Weksler |first1=M. . |title=Galea flavidens |volume=2016 |page=e.T8823A22189525 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8823A22189525.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Roach |first1=N. |title=Galea comes |volume=2016 |page=e.T86235821A86235993 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T86235821A86235993.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Roach |first1=N. |title=Galea leucoblephara |volume=2016 |page=e.T86236150A86236159 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T86236150A86236159.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Roach |first1=N. |title=Galea musteloides |volume=2016 |page=e.T86226097A22189593 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T86226097A22189593.en}}

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{{cite iucn |last1=Catzeflis |first1=F. |last2=Patton J. |first2=Percequillo |last3=A. |first3=Weksler |last4=M. |title=Galea spixii |volume=2016 |page=e.T8825A22189453 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8825A22189453.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Roach |first1=N. . |title=Microcavia australis |volume=2016 |page=e.T13319A22189827 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13319A22189827.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Bernal |first1=N. |last2=Dunnum |first2=J. |title=Microcavia niata |volume=2016 |page=e.T13320A22189752 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13320A22189752.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Lacher |first1=T. |last2=Roach |first2=N. |title=Microcavia shiptoni |volume=2020 |page=e.T13321A22189676 |date=2020 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13321A22189676.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Roach |first1=N. . |title=Dolichotis patagonum |volume=2016 |page=e.T6785A22190337 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6785A22190337.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Bernal |first1=N. |title=Dolichotis salinicola |volume=2016 |page=e.T6786A22190451 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6786A22190451.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Reid |first1=F. |title=Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |volume=2016 |page=e.T10300A22190005 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10300A22190005.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Delgado |first1=C. |last2=Emmons |first2=L. . |title=Hydrochoerus isthmius |volume=2016 |page=e.T136277A22189896 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136277A22189896.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Roach |first1=N. |title=Kerodon acrobata |volume=2016 |page=e.T136222A22190183 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136222A22190183.en}}

{{cite iucn |last1=Catzeflis |first1=F. |last2=Patton J. |first2=Percequillo |last3=A. |first3=Weksler |last4=M. |title=Kerodon rupestris |volume=2016 |page=e.T10988A22190269 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10988A22190269.en}}

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