Cavia anolaimae

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Cavia anolaimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Caviidae Genus: Cavia Species: C. anolaimae
Binomial name
Cavia anolaimae J. A. Allen, 1916

Cavia anolaimae is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Colombia near Bogotá. It is believed to be a feral offshoot of the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and is often treated as a synonym of C. porcellus.

[edit] References

• Woods C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi pp. 1538-1600 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1553.
• Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition, pp. 1667-1669. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9. 
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