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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Caviidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Caviidae is a diverse family morphologically, including small forms such as species of Galea, which weigh up to 600 grams, and large forms such as Dolichotis, which may weigh up to 16 kilograms.
Members of the family Caviidae first appear in the fossil record in the mid-Miocene, 20 million years ago.
Caviidae is a diverse family morphologically, including small forms such as Galea, which weighs up to 600 grams, and large forms such as Dolichotis, which weighs up to 16 kilograms.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Caviidae   (453 words)

  
 ADW: Caviidae: Information
The Caviidae is a family of rodents that occurs over most of South America.
Obvious dental characteristics distinguish the members of Caviidae from the members of other families of South American rodents.
The group underwent a radiation 5 to 2 million years ago, in the Pliocene; eleven genera are represented from that time.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Caviidae.html   (871 words)

  
 cavy - HighBeam Encyclopedia
CAVY [cavy], name for 14 species of South American rodents of the family Caviidae, including the domestic guinea pig.
The wild cavies are usually small, rounded, and tailless, with fur of a uniform shade of brown.
Cavies are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Caviidae.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/cavy.asp   (283 words)

  
 Cavia? Wat is eigenlijk een cavia?
Caviidae betekent cavia-achtigen en het is de familienaam van de cavia.
Om te weten waarom dat is, moet je weten dat de INC (Internationale Nomenclatuur Commissie) richtlijnen vaststelde voor het benoemen van soorten en geslachten van zowel dieren als planten.
Maar omdat caviaidae niet correct is — en nogal lastig uit te spreken — verviel de a van cavia en bleef caviidae over.
www.degrotecavia.nl /cavia.html   (991 words)

  
 wild cavies
Caviidae is first distinguished geologically during the Miocene period.
Today caviidae, consists of three genera and over 20 species confined to the South American continent.
Cavies are tailess they have four toes on fore foot, three on hind footand a distinctive blunt head and jaw.
www.casmaran.com /skinnypigsWild.htm   (914 words)

  
 Family Caviidae or cavies
The Cavy family (Caviidae) is divided in two subfamilies: Subfamily Caviinae: cavies and guinea pigs(Full text)
The Cavy (family Caviidae) is divided in two subfamilies: Subfamily Caviinae: cavies and guinea pigs Genus Cavia, this genus is especially called cavy.
Caviidae Caviidae in the news Caviidae :Eukaryota :Animalia :Chordata :Mammalia :Rodentia :Caviidae Subfamilies Caviinae Dolichotinae The Cavy (family Caviidae) is divided in two subfamilies: (Full text)
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Rodentia/Caviidae   (351 words)

  
 Microcavia niata
InfoNatura Species Index: Family Caviidae: LMVC005010, Microcavia australis Southern Mountain Cavy, G5, Countries: AR, BO, CL. LMVC005020, Microcavia niata Andean Mountain Cavy, G3G4, Countries: BO.
Mammals: Caviidae: Microcavia niata (Thomas, 1898) - Andean Mountain Cavy; Microcavia shiptoni (Thomas, 1925) - Shipton´s Mountain Cavia.
Rata almizclera" (**) FAMILIA CAVIIDAE Cavia tschudii "Cuy" Galea musteloides "Cuy serrano" Microcavia australis "Cuy chico" Microcavia niata "Cuy del altiplano...
www.specieslist.com /endangered/scientific_name/M/Microcavia_niata.shtml   (952 words)

  
 Patagonian Mara - National Zoo| FONZ
Maras may produce three or four litters (usually two young) per year.
Patagonian maras are in the Family Caviidae, which includes cavies and guinea pigs.
These South American rodents have stocky bodies, three sharp-clawed digits on the hind feet, and four digits of the forefeet.
nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/SmallMammals/fact-mara.cfm   (80 words)

  
 SAAweb - Publications
merianae) and Caviidae rodents or "guinea pigs" (Cavia aperea and Galea tixiensis) in the archaeological sites of Cueva Tixi and Cueva El Abra, located in the hills of the Eastern Tandilia Range, Buenos Aires Province, is described.
Two Caviidae rodents were identified to the level of species on the basis of cranial remains.
Las dos especies de roedores Caviidae se identificaron a nivel de especie por restos craneanos.
www.saa.org /publications/LatAmAnt/13-4/Quintana.html   (439 words)

  
 Paola Lorena Sassi
Proyecto de investigación: Ecología nutricional, variabilidad espacial y temporal en la explotación de recursos: el uso de ítems alimentarios de baja calidad por Microcavia australis (Rodentia: Caviidae)
Proyecto de tesis doctoral: Ecología nutricional, variabilidad espacial y temporal en la explotación de recursos: El uso de ítemes alimentarios de baja calidad por Microcavia australis (Rodentia: Caviidae).
Variación espacial y temporal en el nicho trófico de Microcavia australis (Rodentia: Caviidae) en relación con el contexto ecológico.
www.cricyt.edu.ar /INSTITUTOS/iadiza/ojeda/PerfilPaola.htm   (500 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The comparative social behavior of Kerodon rupestris and Galea spixii and the evolution of behavior in the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Amazon.com: The comparative social behavior of Kerodon rupestris and Galea spixii and the evolution of behavior in the Caviidae (Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History): Books: Thomas E Lacher
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The comparative social behavior of Kerodon rupestris and Galea spixii and the evolution of behavior in the Caviidae (Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History) (Unknown Binding)
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 Caviidae Skulls
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The most well known of the Caviidae family is probably the domestic guinea pig.
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 Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci.  vol.40 no.6; Abstract: S1413-95962003000600001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Origin of brachial plexus of rock cavies (Kerodon rupestris wied, 1820)
Rock cavy, Kerodon rupestris a rodent mammal of the Caviidae family, very similar to the cavy is highly adapted to the conditions of heat, shortage of water and food, mainly during the great droughts periods that periodically devastate the northeastern semi-arid area of Brazil.
In the literature a shortage of data is verified regarding the functional anatomy of the rock cavies especially of works that involve the anatomy of the brachial plexus.
www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-95962003000600001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en   (275 words)

  
 Caviidae - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
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 Caviidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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