Hydrochoerinae Gray 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 : 1555

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Hydrochoerinae Gray 1825
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Treatment

Hydrochoerinae Gray 1825 , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 341.

Genera: 2 genera with 4 species:

Genus Hydrochoeris Brisson 1762 (2 species)

Genus Kerodon F. Cuvier 1825 (2 species)

Discussion: Molecular data ( Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002) clearly support the inclusion of Hydrochoeris within the Caviidae . Kerodon is included due to the consistently observed sister taxon relationship between Hydrochoeris and Kerodon ( dos Reis, 1994; Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002; Woods, 1984). Several distinct linages of the Hydrochoerinae are known in the fossil record and some fossil forms extend into North America during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene Mones (1984).