Rock Cavy
Kerodon rupestris
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 369
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The rock cavy or mocó (Kerodon rupestris) is a species of cavy that is endemic to eastern Brazil. It has also been introduced to the Atlantic island of Fernando de Noronha. The rock cavy is called mocó in Brazilian Portuguese, and koriko pexerumen in the Xukuru language of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Rock cavy”.