Shiny_Guinea_Pig

Shiny guinea pig

Shiny guinea pig

Species of rodent from South America

The shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America.

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The rodent is endemic to Brazil. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions.

Taxonomy

Wagler first called the species Cavia fulgida in 1831; P. W. Lund identified a Cavia rufescens in 1841, but since Oldfield Thomas (1901) these are considered to be identical species.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Amori, G. (2016). "Cavia fulgida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4065A22188918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4065A22188918.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Weir, Barbara J. (1974), "Notes on the Origin of the Domestic Guinea-Pig", in Rowlands, I. W.; Weir, Barbara J. (eds.), The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents, Academic Press, pp. 437–446, ISBN 0126133344


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