After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 [taxonomic history] (guinea pigs; marsut) |?- †Strata Ameghino, 1886; U.Mioc. SA. |--o Caviinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 [taxonomic history] (true guinea pigs; varsinaiset marsut) | |-- †Neoprocavia Ameghino, 1889 [†Procavia Ameghino, 1885 (non Procavia Storr, 1780, a hyrax-genus (Ungulata: Paenugulata: Hyracoidea))] U.Mioc. SA. | |-- †Allocavia Pascual, 1962; U.Mioc. SA. | |-- †Palaeocavia Ameghino, 1889; U.Mioc.-U.Plioc. SA. | |-- †Neocavia Kraglievich, 1932; U.Mioc.-?L.Plioc. SA. | |--o †Dolicavia C. Ameghino, 1916; U.Plioc.-L.Pleist. SA. | | `-- †D. minuscula | |-- †Macrocavia Rusconi, 1933; U.Plioc. SA. | |-- †Caviops Ameghino, 1908; U.Plioc. SA. | |-- †Pascualia Ostega Hinojosa, 1963; U.Plioc. SA. | |--o Galea Meyen, 1833 [non Galea Shirai, 1996, a group of sharks] (yellow-toothed cavies, cuis, cuy's) | | |-- G. sp. [Hohoff, Solmsdorff, Löttker, Kemme, Epplen, Cooper & Sachser, 2002] [Bolivia, SA.] | | |-- G. flavidens (Brandt, 1835) (yellow-toothed cavy) | | |-- G. musteloides Meyen, 1833 (Cuis Comu[']n) | | `-- G. spixii (Wagler, 1831) | |--o Microcavia Gervais & Ameghino, 1880 [incl. Caviella Osgood, 1915; Monticavia Thomas, 1916; Nanocavia Thomas, 1925] M.Pleist.-R. SA. (Mountain guinea pigs; pikkumarsut) | | |-- M. australis (I. Geoffroy & d'Orbigny, 1833) (aavikkopikkumarsu) | | |-- M. niata (Thomas, 1898) (pohjanpikkumarsu) | | `-- M. shiptoni (Thomas, 1925) (Cavia Andino) | |--o Cavia Pallas, 1766 [taxonomic history] (common guinea pigs; marsut) | | |-- C. aperea Erxleben, 1777 (marsu) | | | |-- C. a. aperea Erxleben, 1777 (Conejo de las Indias, Cuis Selvatico; Cavy; villimarsu) | | | `-- C. a. porcellus Linnaeus, 1758 (domestic guinea pig; marsu) | | |-- C. fulgida Wagler, 1831 (kobaia) | | |-- C. magna Ximinez, 1980 | | `-- C. tschudii (Fitzinger, 1857) (Cuis Serrano) | `-- Kerodon rupestris (Wied, 1820) F. Cuvier, 1825 [Kerodons F. Cuvier, 1829; Cerodon Wagler, 1830; †Ceratodon Wagler, 1830] U.Pleist.-R. SA. (moco; rock cavy; kalliomarsu) |--o Dolichotinae Pocock, 1922 (maras; marat) | |--o †Prodolichotis Kraglievich, 1932; M.Mioc.-U.Plioc. SA. | | `-- †P. pridiana | |-- †Orthomyctera Ameghino, 1889 [incl. †Orthomyctera (Orocavia) Kraglievich, 1932] U.Mioc.-U.Plioc. SA. | |-- †Pliodolichotis Kraglievich, 1927; U.Mioc. SA. | |-- †Propediolagus Ortega Hinojosa, 1963; ?U.Plioc. SA. | `--o Dolichotis Desmarest, 1820 [taxonomic history] (maras, Patagonian hares; marat) | |-- D. patagonum (Zimmermann, 1780) (Patagonian hare; mara, pampajänis) | `-- D. salinicola Burmeister, 1876 (dwarf Patagonian cavy; aavikkomara) `--o †Cardiomyinae Kraglievich, 1930 |-- †Procardiomys Pascual, 1961; U..Mioc. SA. |-- †Parodimys Kraglievich, 1932; U.Mioc. SA. `--o †Cardiomys Ameghino, 1885 [incl. †Caviodon Kraglievich, 1941; †Diocartherium Ameghino, 1888, †Lelongia Kraglievich, 1930; †Paracaviodon Kraglievich, 1932; †Pseudocerdiomys Kraglievich, 1932] |-- †C. australe `-- †C. multiplicatus
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. & Groves, C. P., 1996: Case 3010: Proposed conservation of usage of 15 mammal specific names based on wild species which are antedated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals.
–Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature: Vol. 53, #1, pp. 28-37 - Hohoff, C., Solmsdorff, K., Löttker, P., Kemme, K., Epplen, J. T., Cooper, T. G. & Sachser, N., 2002: Monogamy in a new species of wild guinea pigs (Galea sp.).
–Naturwissenschaften: Vol. 89, #8?, pp. 462-465 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629