Kerodon F. Cuvier 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Caviidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1552-1556 : 1556

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scientific name	Kerodon F. Cuvier 1825
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Treatment

Kerodon F. Cuvier 1825 , Dentes des Mammiferes: 151.

Type Species: Kerodon moco Lesson 1827

Synonyms: Cerodon Waterhouse 1848 ; Kerodons F. Cuvier 1829 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks, and Langguth 1997

Species Kerodon rupestris (Wied 1820)

Discussion: Reviewed by Hückinghaus (1961). Placed in the Caviinae by most workers but a sister taxa relationship between Kerodon and Hydrochoeris has been consistently observed ( dos Reis, 1994; Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002; Woods, 1984).