A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Caviidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Brazilian Guinea PigCavia aperea Erxleben, 1777 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moleques do Sul Guinea PigCavia intermedia Cherem, Olimpio & Ximenez, 1999 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Domestic Guinea PigCavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Guinea PigCavia tschudii Fitzinger, 1857 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Patagonian MaraDolichotis patagonum (Zimmermann, 1780) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Highland Yellow-toothed CavyGalea comes Thomas, 1919 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian Yellow-toothed CavyGalea flavidens (Brandt, 1835) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Yellow-toothed CavyGalea musteloides Meyen, 1833 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spix's Yellow-toothed CavyGalea spixii (Wagler, 1831) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| CapybaraHydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser CapybaraHydrochoerus isthmius Goldman, 1912 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acrobatic CavyKerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks & Langguth, 1997 | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock CavyKerodon rupestris (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Mountain CavyMicrocavia australis (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & d'Orbigny, 1833) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Mountain CavyMicrocavia niata (Thomas, 1898) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shipton's Mountain CavyMicrocavia shiptoni (Thomas, 1925) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chacoan MaraPediolagus salinicola (Burmeister, 1876) | CaviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.