Biology:Acrobatic cavy
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | Kerodon |
| Species: | K. acrobata
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| Kerodon acrobata Moojen et al., 1997
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The acrobatic cavy (Kerodon acrobata) also known as the Acrobatic Moco and Climbing Cavy is a cavy species native to Brazil . It is found from Goiás state to Tocantins state, west of the Espigão Mestre, Serra Geral de Goiás, and is also found in Terra Ronca State Park.[1]
Diet
They are herbivores known to eat a generalized diet of leaves, flowers, bud, bark and fruit[2][3] from 16 different types of native plantations.
Habitat
Found in fragments of dry forest associated with limestone outcrops in the Cerrado savanna of central Brazil.
Appearance
Acrobatic Cavies are a large rodent averaging 1 kg in weight, their fur ranges from dark grey to light brown with orange-brown feet, mostly observed on hindfeet. Their tails are vestigial.
Phylogeny
The Acrobatic Cavy belongs to the order Rodentia, in the family Caviidae (Guinea-pig like rodents) which has two subfamilies (formerly three) with Acrobatic Cavies being in a new subfamily Hydrochaerinae alongside Capybaras and the closely related Rock Cavy from Eastern Brazil .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roach, N. (2016). "Kerodon acrobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136222A22190183. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136222A22190183.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136222/22190183. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks & Langguth 1997 - Plazi TreatmentBank". http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C7FFB753472047F995597FB03F/1.
- ↑ de Souza Portella, Alexandre; Vieira, Emerson M. (2016-07-01). "Diet and trophic niche breadth of the rare acrobatic cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae) in a seasonal environment" (in en). Mammal Research 61 (3): 279–287. doi:10.1007/s13364-016-0275-z. ISSN 2199-241X. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-016-0275-z.
"Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks & Langguth 1997 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
de Souza Portella, Alexandre; Vieira, Emerson M. (2016-07-01). "Diet and trophic niche breadth of the rare acrobatic cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae) in a seasonal environment". Mammal Research. 61 (3): 279–287. doi:10.1007/s13364-016-0275-z. ISSN 2199-241X.
Wikidata ☰ Q1761800 entry
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