| Kerodon Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - recent
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| Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrochoerinae |
| Genus: | Kerodon F. Cuvier, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Kerodon moco | |
| Species | |
The genus Kerodon (vernacular name mocos; rock cavies[1]) contains two species of South American rock cavies, related to capybaras and guinea pigs.[2] They are found in semiarid regions of northeast Brazil known as the Caatinga. This area has a rocky terrain with large granite boulders that contain rifts and hollows where Kerodon species primarily live.[3]
- ^ Murray Wrobel, 2007. Elsevier's dictionary of mammals: in Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ White, Alex. "Kerodon rupestris". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 30 September 2013.