Kerodon rupestris

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

Rock Cavy

Two adults sitting together. Also as Moco.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Sep 1, 1987

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1882

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Parvorder : Caviomorpha
Superfamily : Cavioidea
Family : Caviidae
Subfamily : Hydrochoerinae
Genus : Kerodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wied-Neuwied, M. zu. 1820. Ueber ein noch unbeschriebenes Säugthier aus der Familie der Nayer. Isis von Oken 1820(1):43.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13268144

Original name as described

Cavia rupestris

Other common names

Moco

Type material

RMNH.MAM.17928, SMF 11238

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17928

Type locality

"Rio Grande de Belmonte, am Rio Pardo, am S. Francisco, " Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001212

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Cavia rupestris

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17928, SMF 11238

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17928

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13268144

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Wagler (1830:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  4. Burmeister (1837:807, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  5. Waterhouse (1848:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35784)
  6. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  7. Trouessart (1897:640, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  8. Trouessart (1904:527, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Kerodon moco

F. Cuvier, 1823

Family

Caviidae

Root name

moco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1879-616

Authority page

151, pl. 48

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1833:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  3. Blainville (1855:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37133)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Kerodon sciureus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826

Family

Caviidae

Root name

sciureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2068

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1998-2068

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25373916

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Kerodon rupestre

P. W. Lund, 1838

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50 (footnote)

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Kerodon rupestris

Lesson, 1842

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Thomas (1916:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)
  3. Vieira (1953:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61587)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Woods (1993:780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  8. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10988/22190269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cerodon rupestris

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476841

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Cavia (Kerodon) ruspestris

(Trouessart, 1881)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

ruspestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques d'Angers

Ceredon rupestris

F. G. Parsons, 1894

Family

Caviidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982279

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Parsons (1894:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)

Cavia sciurus

(Tate, 1935)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

sciurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

337

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Kerodon aciureus

Cabrera, 1961

Family

Caviidae

Root name

aciureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

580

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

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