Hydrochaeris Brunnich, 1772

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 781

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Hydrochaeris Brunnich, 1772 . Zool. Fundamenta, p. 44.

TYPE SPECIES: Sus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Capiguara, Xenohydrochoerus.

COMMENTS: Mones and Ojasti (1986:5) recommended retention of the original name Hydrochoerus ; Husson (1978:456-457) discussed the spelling of the generic name and concluded that Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762 is not valid because Brisson's (1762) work was not consistently binominal.