---
title: "Thomas's Mountain Cavy"
description: "Microcavia maenas — Mamíferos. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/thomas-s-mountain-cavy
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Thomas's Mountain Cavy

> Microcavia maenas — Mamíferos. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Microcavia maenas*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 56
- Wikidata: [Q48785067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48785067)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1430939](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1430939)

## Names

- en: Thomas's Mountain Cavy
- es: Cuis chico mayor

## Countries with the most observations

AR (43)

## Photo

![Thomas's Mountain Cavy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thomas-s-mountain-cavy/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144367036

## Machine access

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