NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Galea
  Subfamily - Caviinae
  Family - Caviidae
  Infraorder - Hystricognathi
  Suborder - Hystricomorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Galea spixii spixii
      Subspecies - Galea spixii palustris
      Subspecies - Galea spixii wellsi