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Rock cavy
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The rock cavy or mocó (Kerodon rupestris) is a cavy species endemic to eastern Brazil which has also been introduced to the Atlantic island of Fernando de Noronha.[2]: 30
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Caviidae |
Genus: | Kerodon |
Species: | K. rupestris |
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Kerodon rupestris (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | |
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The rock cavy is called mocó in Brazilian Portuguese, and koriko pexerumen in the Xukuru language of Pernambuco, Brazil.[3]