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and feeds on grasses and other herbs. It is diurnal, mainly emerging in the early morning to forage and again in the evening. It does not dig a burrow, but makes an intricate maze of surface tunnels that are 8 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in) wide. It has latrine areas beside the trackways where piles
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Breeding takes place at any time of year but mostly in the austral summer. The gestation period is about 62 days and females can have five litters in a year. The number of young born averages two and ranges from one to five. The minimum age at which the young adults can breed is thirty days.
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This is a medium-sized guinea pig with an adult length of about 272 mm (11 in) and a weight of 637 grams (22.5 oz). The tail, at around 2.4 mm, is almost non-existent. The dorsal fur is dark olive-brown mixed with brown and black, and the underparts are a pale grey or
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The
Brazilian guinea pig has a wide distribution in South America at altitudes between 400 and 3,000 metres (1,300 and 9,800 ft) above sea level. Its range extends from Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela to areas in the north of Argentina. Its typical habitat is open grassland and
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The
Brazilian guinea pig has a wide range and no particular threats have been identified. It is a common species with a stable population and, as well as living in open savannah country, it is capable of adapting to disturbed habitats. For these reasons, the
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524:The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents
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1316:IUCN Red List least concern species
487:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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344:= 64 and a reportedly variable
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772:Lowland yellow-toothed cavy
699:Santa Catarina´s guinea pig
943:(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
788:Spix's yellow-toothed cavy
780:Common yellow-toothed cavy
428:"Infraorder Hystricognathi"
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907:(Pediolagus salinicola)
819:Southern mountain cavy
881:(Dolichotis patagonum)
821:(Microcavia australis)
434:; Reeder, D.M (eds.).
1252:Paleobiology Database
837:(Microcavia shiptoni)
827:Andean mountain cavy
774:(Galea leucoblephara)
683:Brazilian guinea pig
35:Brazilian guinea pig
1356:Fauna of the Cerrado
1351:Mammals of Venezuela
1336:Mammals of Argentina
764:Yellow-toothed cavy
251:Brazilian guinea pig
18:Brazilian Guinea Pig
1341:Mammals of Paraguay
1331:Mammals of Colombia
982:(Kerodon rupestris)
782:(Galea musteloides)
723:Montane guinea pig
707:Greater guinea pig
476:Bernal, N. (2016).
60:Conservation status
1346:Mammals of Uruguay
990:(Kerodon acrobata)
829:(Microcavia niata)
701:(Cavia intermedia)
348:of 116 or 128 for
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691:Shiny guinea pig
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507:18 November
328:Description
214:Subspecies
1310:Categories
980:Rock cavy
894:Pediolagus
869:Dolichotis
802:Microcavia
644:Suborder:
410:References
271:guinea pig
267:Portuguese
941:Capybara
620:Kingdom:
607:Caviidae
382:herbivore
373:Behaviour
338:karyotype
310:Venezuela
278:Argentina
276:found in
175:Species:
113:Kingdom:
107:Eukaryota
1205:13400171
1179:86257782
1153:10225727
1040:Wikidata
1007:Category
656:Caviinae
640:Rodentia
634:Mammalia
628:Chordata
626:Phylum:
622:Animalia
609:(Cavies)
456:62265494
367:savannah
302:Paraguay
290:Colombia
206:Erxleben
157:Caviidae
153:Family:
147:Rodentia
137:Mammalia
127:Chordata
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117:Animalia
103:Domain:
80:IUCN 3.1
1288:ZooBank
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1127:5219704
1114:1038676
1046:Q679706
963:Kerodon
857:(Maras)
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294:Ecuador
286:Bolivia
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666:Cavia
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1213:NCBI
1174:IUCN
1161:ITIS
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