Brazilian Guinea Pig
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Brazilian Guinea Pig

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Genus: Cavia
Species: C. aperea
Binomial name
Cavia aperea
Erxleben, 1777

The Brazilian Guinea Pig, Cavia aperea, is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Cavia aperea has been successfully mated to the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, though many females become infertile in successive generations.2

References

  1. ^ Dunnum, J., Zeballos, H., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Brito, D., Queirolo, D., Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. (2008). Cavia aperea. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 5 January 2009.
  2. ^ Weir, Barbara J. (1974), "Notes on the Origin of the Domestic Guinea-Pig", in Rowlands, I. W.; Weir, Barbara J., The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents, Academic Press, pp. pp. 437-446, ISBN 0-12-6133334-4 

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