Kerodon F. Cuvier 1825

Kerodon F. Cuvier 1825, Dentes des Mammiferes: 151.

Type Species: Kerodon moco Lesson 1827

Synonyms: Cerodon Waterhouse 1848; Kerodons F. Cuvier 1829 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Kerodon acrobata Moojen, Locks, and Langguth 1997

Species Kerodon rupestris (Wied 1820)

Discussion: Reviewed by Hückinghaus (1961). Placed in the Caviinae by most workers but a sister taxa relationship between Kerodon and Hydrochoeris has been consistently observed (dos Reis, 1994; Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002; Woods, 1984).