Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1)
Found in 17 samples
Argentina: Pedro Gómez Cello, Jacinto L. Arauz, Buenos Aires Province, Exaltación de la Cruz (autumn), Cueva El Abra (Holocene)
Bolivia: Los Fierros Camp (LFA), Los Fierros Camp (LFT), KCH-20 (Holocene)
Brazil: Caucaia do Alto (pitfall traps), Angatuba (Eucalyptus forest), Fazenda São Sebastião do Borba, Abismo Iguatemi (Late Pleistocene)
Colombia: Aguazuque Occupation 1 (Holocene)
Ecuador: Pirincay (Late) (Holocene)
Peru: Aguas Claras Camp (traps), Cerro Baúl (Holocene), Huaca Colorada (Zone A) (Holocene)
See also Cavia anolaimae, Cavia aperea, Cavia porcellus, Cavia sp.