Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
| Main Authors: | Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, Russell A. Mittermeier |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
Lynx Edicions
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6585479 |
Daftar Isi:
- Family CAVIIDAE (CAVIES, CAPYBARAS AND MARAS) • Mediumto large-sized rodents with compact-to-heavy external morphology; generally short limbs, and large heads; no visible tail; and ever-growing cheekteeth. • 20-130 cm. • Neotropical Region. • Arid and semiarid steppe, dry grasslands, thornscrub, savannas, mesic grasslands, and wetlands. • 6 genera, 20 species (plus 1 domesticated form), 43 taxa. • | species Critically Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.
- Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Caviidae, pp. 406-438 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 406, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6585510