Montane Guinea Pig – Cavia tschudii

Cavia tschudiiFitzinger, 1857

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Formerly included in aperea by Hückinghaus (1961:57); but see Cabrera (1961:579) and Pine et al. (1979:361), who considered tschudii a distinct species. Anderson (1997) recognized nana as a subspecies but Hückinghaus placed in synonymy with sodalis. Includes stolida (Cabrera, 1961:579), but also see Hückinghaus (1961:58), who considered stolida a distinct species.

• 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.