Shiny guinea pig
| Shiny guinea pig | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Subfamily: | Caviinae |
| 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.
Taxonomy
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]
See also
- Fauna of the Atlantic Forest (biome)
References
- ↑ 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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