Greater Guinea Pig

Greater Guinea Pig

Taxobox
name = Greater Guinea Pig


status = LC
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Caviidae
genus = "Cavia"
species = "C. magna"
binomial = "Cavia magna"
binomial_authority = Ximenez et. al, 1980

The Greater Guinea Pig, "Cavia magna", is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Uruguay.

References

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]


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