Caviidae

E394473

Caviidae is a family of rodents that includes guinea pigs, maras, and cavies, characterized by stout bodies, short tails, and herbivorous diets, primarily native to South America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caviidae canonical 5
Caviinae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rodent family ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ
activityPattern crepuscular ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ
characteristic robust head ⓘ
short limbs ⓘ
short tail ⓘ
stout body ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName cavy family ⓘ
dentitionType ever-growing incisors ⓘ
geographicDistribution Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
habitat grasslands ⓘ
rocky outcrops ⓘ
savannas ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ
includesGenus Cavia ⓘ
Dolichotis ⓘ
Galea ⓘ
Kerodon ⓘ
Microcavia ⓘ
includesTaxon Cavia aperea ⓘ
Cavia fulgida ⓘ
Cavia magna ⓘ
Cavia porcellus ⓘ
Cavia tschudii ⓘ
Dolichotis patagonum ⓘ
linked to: Patagonian mara

Dolichotis salinicola ⓘ
linked to: Dolichotis

Galea flavidens ⓘ
linked to: Galea musteloides

Galea musteloides ⓘ
Galea spixii ⓘ
Kerodon acrobata ⓘ
linked to: Kerodon rupestris

Kerodon rupestris ⓘ
Kerodon sp. nov. ⓘ
Microcavia australis ⓘ
Microcavia niata ⓘ
Microcavia shiptoni ⓘ
infraorder Caviomorpha ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
litterSize small to moderate ⓘ
molarType hypsodont molars ⓘ
namedBy John Edward Gray ⓘ
nativeRange South America ⓘ
order Rodentia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction placental mammal ⓘ
socialBehavior often social ⓘ
suborder Hystricomorpha ⓘ
linked to: Hystricognathi
superfamily Cavioidea ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalDiet herbivorous ⓘ
usedFor domestic pet (guinea pig) ⓘ
laboratory animal (guinea pig) ⓘ
meat production (guinea pig in Andean region) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patagonian mara → family → Caviidae ⓘ
Hystricognathi → containsClade → Caviidae ⓘ
Dolichotis → parentTaxon → Caviidae ⓘ
Dolichotis → family → Caviidae ⓘ
Dolichotis → belongsToSubfamily → Caviinae ⓘ
linked to: Caviidae
Caviomorpha → includesFamily → Caviidae ⓘ