Caviidae
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Caviidae
Subfamiliae (3 + †1): Caviinae – Dolichotinae – Hydrochoerinae –
†Cardiomyinae
Name
[edit]Caviidae G. Fischer, 1814
Synonymy
[edit]- Caviarum Fischer, 1814 [original spelling]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. Editio Tertia. Volumen Tertium. Quadrupedum reliquorum, cetorum et montrymatum descriptionem continens. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky: Mosquae [=Moscow]. xxiv + 732 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Woods, C.A. 1993. Family Caviidae. Pp. 778–779 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
- Woods, C.A. & Kilpatrick, C.W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. Pp. 1538–1600 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
- Dunnum, J.L. 2015. Family Caviidae G. Fischer, 1817. Pp. 690–726 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- čeština: Morčatovití
- Deutsch: Meerschweinchen
- español: Cavíidos
- magyar: Tengerimalacfélék
- italiano: Cavie
- Nederlands: Cavia-achtigen
- polski: Marowate
- Türkçe: Kobaygiller