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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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- taxon range
- Brazil
- endemic to
- Brazil
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Kerodon rupestris
- Commons category
- Kerodon rupestris
- Commons gallery
- Kerodon rupestris
- taxon common name
- Moko
- longest observed lifespan
- 12.9
- short name
- K. rupestris
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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.