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Least ConcernMaximum longevity: 12.9 years (captivity) Observations: One captive specimen was still alive at 12.9 years of age (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rock cavy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.