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Hydrochaeris Brunnich, 1772. Zool. Fundamenta, p. 44. TYPE SPECIES: Sus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1758. SYNONYMS: Capiguara, Xenohydrochoerus. COMMENTS: Mones and Ojasti (1986:5) recommended retention of the original name Hydrochoerus; Husson (1978:456-457) discussed the spelling of the generic name and concluded that Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762 is not valid because Brisson's (1762) work was not consistently binominal.

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 781, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083