Cavia anolaimae

Life

Cavia anolaimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Caviidae
Genus:	Cavia
Species:	C. anolaimae
Binomial name
Cavia anolaimae J. A. Allen, 1916

Cavia anolaimae is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Colombia near Bogotá. It is believed to be a feral offshoot of the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and is often treated as a synonym of C. porcellus.

References

• Woods C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi pp. 1538-1600 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1553.
• Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World (6th edition ed.). pp. 1667–1669. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9. 
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