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Kerodon rupestris (Rock cavy)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rock cavy or mocó (Kerodon rupestris) is a cavy species endemic to eastern Brazil, from eastern Piauí state to Minas Gerais state. It has been introduced to the oceanic island of Fernando de Noronha. Rock cavies are found in dry, rocky areas with low, scrubby vegetation, and close to stony mountains and hills, resembling another (only distantly related) creature, the rock hyrax. They usually shelter in crevices. The males are territorial, defending rock pile shelters against other adult males. Rock cavies are common, and they are frequently hunted for food by local human populations.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
18
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
44
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 35.86
EDGE Score: 3.61
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.094 lbs (950 g)
Birth Weight [1]  76 grams
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  5 months 1 day
Gestation [1]  75 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [1]  13 years
Weaning [1]  35 days

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cerrado Brazil No

Predators

Galictis vittata (Greater Grison)[3]
Leucopternis polionotus (Mantled hawk)[4]
Puma yagouaroundi (Jaguarundi)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paraspidodera uncinata[6]
Polygenis bohlsi jordani[7]
Strongyloides ferreirai <Unverified Name>[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Galictis vittata, Eric Yensen and Teresa Tarifa, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 727, pp. 1–8 (2003)
♦ 4Behaviour and diet of the Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionotus (Accipitridae; Buteoninae) during deforestation of an Atlantic Rainforest landscape in Southeast Brazil, Luiz Fernando Salvador-Jr., Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 18(1):68-71 Março de 2010
♦ 5Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Tadeu G. de Oliveira, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 578, pp. 1-6 (1998)
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 7International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0