Brazilian Guinea Pig

Brazilian Guinea Pig

Taxobox |


name = Brazilian Guinea Pig
status = LC
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Caviidae
genus = "Cavia"
species = "C. aperea"
binomial = "Cavia aperea"
binomial_authority = 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.citation | last = Weir | first = Barbara J. | contribution = Notes on the Origin of the Domestic Guinea-Pig | editor-last = Rowlands | editor-first = I. W. | editor2-last = Weir | editor2-first = Barbara J. | title = The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents | publisher = Academic Press | date = 1974 | pages = pp. 437-446 | id = ISBN 0-12-6133334-4]

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External links

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]
*(Portuguese) [http://globorural.globo.com/barra.asp?d=/edic/168/fichabicho1.htm Globo Rural]


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