CAVIIDAE, Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Caviidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 406-438 : 406

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6585510
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6585479
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C7-FFB1-5341-241F-FDEA5766BE39
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	CAVIIDAE
status

Treatment

Family CAVIIDAE View in CoL

(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. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• 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.