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Species of rodent

Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

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Extant species of family Caviidae (Cavies)

Cavia (Guinea pigs)	Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea) Shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) Santa Catarina´s guinea pig (Cavia intermedia) Greater guinea pig (Cavia magna) Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) Montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii)
Galea (Yellow-toothed cavies)	Southern highland yellow-toothed cavy (Galea comes) Yellow-toothed cavy (Galea flavidens) Lowland yellow-toothed cavy (Galea leucoblephara) Common yellow-toothed cavy (Galea musteloides) Spix's yellow-toothed cavy (Galea spixii)
Microcavia (Mountain cavies)	Southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis) Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata) Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)

Dolichotis	Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
Pediolagus	Chacoan mara (Pediolagus salinicola)

Hydrochoerus	Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius)
Kerodon (Rock cavies)	Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris) Acrobatic cavy (Kerodon acrobata)

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Taxon identifiers
Microcavia shiptoni	Wikidata: Q1766490 Wikispecies: Microcavia shiptoni ADW: Microcavia_shiptoni CoL: 42SBD EoL: 1038699 GBIF: 2437625 iNaturalist: 43806 IRMNG: 10223072 ITIS: 584721 IUCN: 13321 MDD: 1001206 MSW: 13400209 Open Tree of Life: 3609881

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