Cavia porcellus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Rodentia • Familia: Caviidae • Subfamilia: Caviinae • Genus: Cavia • Species: Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Cavia porcellus

 Vernacular names

• English: Guinea-pig, Cavy
• Cymraeg: Mochyn cwta
• dansk: Marsvin
• Deutsch: Hausmeerschweinchen
• español: Conejillo de Indias, cobaya, cuy
• suomi: Marsu
• français: Cochon d'Inde, Cobaye commun
• Gaeilge: Muc ghuine
• magyar: Tengerimalac
• Nederlands: Huiscavia
• polski: Świnka morska
• português: Porquinho-da-índia
• slovenčina: Morské prasiatko

(Note: no wikidata item is associated with this gallery)

• Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: Cavia porcellus Linnaeus, 1758
• ITIS link: Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (mirror)

Photos

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  Cuy

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  Cuyes en un criadero de la Región Cuzco-Perú

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  A prize-winning Silkie

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Juvenile, Families

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  Baby guinea pig

Usage

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  How to hold a guinea pig: Guinea-pigs should be grasped just behind forelegs

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  guinea pig being inoculated

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  Cavia as food in Peru

Audio/Video

Sound files

• Cavia Porcellus mumbling

Sound files (Wikinews)

• Wikinews Guinea Pig Close 082305.ogg – UK guinea pig farm to close after owner's family grave robbed (August 23, 2005)