Cavia tschudii Fitzinger, 1857 . Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, p. 154.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, lea Dept., Ica .

DISTRIBUTION: Peru; S. Bolivia; N.W. Argentina; N. Chile.

COMMENT: Formerly included in aperea by Huckinghaus, 1961, Z. Wiss. Zool., 166:57; but see Cabrera, 1961:579, and Pine et al., 1979, Mammalia, 43:361, who considered tschudii a distinct species. Includes stolida; see Cabrera, 1961:579; but also see Huckinghaus, 1961, Z. Wiss. Zool., 166:58, who considered stolida a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410019001006001.