IRMNG name details
basis of record
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]
source of synonymy
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. note: as per type genus, Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762 (=Hydrochaeris Brunnich, 1772) [details]
extant flag source
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
habitat flag source
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Middle Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
Taxonomic remark = Hydrochaeridae in CoL. From Wilson & Reeder, 2005: The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998) ruled that [the spelling] Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762 is valid; that genus presently included in Caviidae, refer Wilson & Reeder. [details]
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