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title: "Rock Cavy"
description: "Kerodon rupestris — Mammiferi. The rock cavy or mocó (Kerodon rupestris) is a species of cavy that is endemic to eastern Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rock-cavy
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rock Cavy

> Kerodon rupestris — Mammiferi. The rock cavy or mocó (Kerodon rupestris) is a species of cavy that is endemic to eastern Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Kerodon rupestris*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 635
- Wikidata: [Q1769116](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769116)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43808](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43808)

## Names

- en: Rock Cavy
- de: Bergmeerschweinchen
- nl: Rotsmoko
- pt: Mocó
- pl: Moko skalny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (610)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_cavy

## Photo

![Rock Cavy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-cavy/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121510904

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-cavy?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).