Order Rodentia - Family Caviidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1552 1556 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Galea Meyen 1832 Galea Meyen 1832 , Nova. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., 16: 597 . Type Species: Galea musteloides Meyen 1832 Species and subspecies: 3 species with 8 subspecies: Species Galea flavidens Brandt 1835 Species Galea musteloides Meyen 1832 Subspecies Galea musteloides subsp. musteloides Meyen 1832 Subspecies Galea musteloides subsp. auceps Thomas 1911 Subspecies Galea musteloides subsp. demissa Thomas 1921 Subspecies Galea musteloides subsp. leucoblephara Burmeister 1861 Subspecies Galea musteloides subsp. littoralis Thomas 1901 Species Galea spixii (Wagler 1831) Subspecies Galea spixii subsp. spixii Wagler 1831 Subspecies Galea spixii subsp. palustris Thomas 1911 Subspecies Galea spixii subsp. wellsi Osgood 1915 Discussion: Reviewed by Hückinghaus (1961) and Cabrera (1961).