Shiny guinea pig
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| Shiny guinea pig | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | Cavia |
| Species: | C. fulgida |
| Binomial name | |
| Cavia fulgida Wagler, 1831 | |
The shiny guinea pig, Cavia fulgida, is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America.
The rodent is endemic to Brazil and Argentina. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions.
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Taxonomy[edit]
Wagler in 1831 first called the species Cavia fulgida; P. W. Lund identified a Cavia rufescens in 1841, but since Oldfield Thomas (1901) these are considered to be identical species.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ Amori, G.; Koprowski, J. & Roth, L. (2008). "Cavia fulgida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ Weir, Barbara J. (1974), "Notes on the Origin of the Domestic Guinea-Pig", in Rowlands, I. W.; Weir, Barbara J., The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents, Academic Press, pp. 437–446, ISBN 0126133344
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