Brazilian Guinea Pig

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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.^[1]

[edit] References

^ 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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Infonatura
(Portuguese) Globo Rural

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Extant species of family Caviidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha

Caviinae

Galea	Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea flavidens) · Common Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea musteloides) · Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea spixii) · Galea monasteriensis

Microcavia	Southern Mountain Cavy (Microcavia australis) · Andean Mountain Cavy (Microcavia niata) · Shipton's Mountain Cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)

Cavia	Brazilian Guinea Pig (Cavia aperea) · Shiny Guinea Pig (Cavia fulgida) · Santa Catarina´s Guinea Pig (Cavia intermedia) · Greater Guinea Pig (Cavia magna) · Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) · Montane Guinea Pig (Cavia tschudii)