Hydrochoerinae

HydrochoerinaeGray, 1825

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Molecular data (Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002) clearly support the inclusion of Hydrochoeris within the Caviidae. Kerodon is included due to the consistently observed sister taxon relationship between Hydrochoeris and Kerodon (dos Reis, 1994; Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002; Woods, 1984). Several distinct linages of the Hydrochoerinae are known in the fossil record and some fossil forms extend into North America during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene Mones (1984).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.