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Species of rodent from South America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America.
Shiny guinea pig | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Caviidae |
Genus: | Cavia |
Species: | C. fulgida |
Binomial name | |
Cavia fulgida Wagler, 1831 | |
The rodent is endemic to Brazil. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions.
Wagler first called the species Cavia fulgida in 1831; 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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