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Kerodon
The genus ''Kerodon'' contains two species of South American rock cavies related to capybaras and guinea pigs. They are found in semi-arid regions of Northeast Brazil known as the Caatinga. This area has a rocky terrain with large granite boulders that contain rifts and hallows where the ''kerodon'' primarily lives in. ==Characteristics== They are hystricomorph rodents. They are medium-sized with rabbit like bodies, a squirrel face and heavily padded feet. Their nails are blunt on all digits except a small grooming claw on the outermost digit of the foot. Fully grown adult Kerodons weigh around 1000 grams or 31-35 ounces and range in length from 200 to 400 millimeters or 7.5 to 16 inches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.centralpark.com/guide/central-park-zoo/rock-cavy.html )〕 They forage for food eating mostly leaves, grass, seeds, and tree bark.〔 Kerdons breed year round usually having 1-3 litters per year and have 1-3 infants per pregnancy. Gestation last around 76 days and the infants are weaned from the mother within 33 days. They reach sexual maturity at 133 days.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://animals.jrank.org/pages/3455/Cavies-Maras-Caviidae-ROCK-CAVY-Kerodon-rupestris-SPECIES-ACCOUNTS.html )〕
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