Phylum Chordata Genus Cavia | ||
Similar Cavia anolaimae, Greater guinea pig, Montane guinea pig, Santa Catarina's guinea pig, Caviinae | ||
Cavia guianae is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in southern Venezuela, Guyana, and portions of northern Brazil. Some biologists believe it to be a feral offshoot of the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus; others subsume it under the wild cavy, Cavia aperea.
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