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Hydrochoerus  Brisson, 1762
Taxonomic Serial No.: 825248

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Hydrochaeris Brünnich, 1772
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderHystricomorpha Brandt, 1855  
                                     InfraorderHystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents  
                                        FamilyCaviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – cavies, capybaras, rock cavies, maras  
                                           SubfamilyHydrochoerinae Gray, 1825 – capybaras, rock cavies  
                                              GenusHydrochoerus Brisson, 1762  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) – Greater Capybara, Capybara 
                                                 Species Hydrochoerus isthmius Goldman, 1912 – Lesser Capybara 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: OPINION 1894: Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 55, part 1   
  Page(s): 64-71   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12441432   
  Reference for: Hydrochoerus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I   
  Page(s): 987   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-941892-34   
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  Reference for: Hydrochoerus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 1538-1600   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Hydrochoerus   
       

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  Comment: The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998, Opinion 1894) ruled that Hydrochoerus is first available from Brisson, 1762, so it takes priority over Hydrochaeris Brünnich, 1772  
 

 

    

 
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