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The acrobatic cavy (Kerodon acrobata 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]
They are herbivores known to eat a generalized diet of leaves, flowers, bud, bark and fruit[2] [3]
Habitat [ edit ]
Found in fragments of dry forest associated with limestone outcrops in the Cerrado savanna of central Brazil.
Appearance [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
^ 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 . S2CID 2069785 .
"Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks & Langguth 1997 - Plazi TreatmentBank treatment.plazi.org
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.
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