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at around one hundred thirty-five days old. Males and females in this species are aggressive to each other. Paternal care is rarely remarkable. When females go into estrus aggressiveness increases. On the other hand, when male approaches females in order to mate, it competes aggressively with other
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males. A study done in Brazil reported that nine male cavies were put to death to experiment their sperm recovery by soaking or injecting their sperm into a liquid that contained a chemical buffer. Unfortunately, there were no distinctive results between either soaking or injecting.
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Gestation is about fifty days. Litter size ranges from one to five, with an average of three. They have hair and open eyes at birth. Maturation of the two sexes takes differently long: female
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649:Lowland yellow-toothed cavy
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698:(Microcavia australis)
365:"Superfamily Muroidea"
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704:Andean mountain cavy
651:(Galea leucoblephara)
560:Brazilian guinea pig
1213:Fauna of the Cerrado
641:Yellow-toothed cavy
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600:Montane guinea pig
584:Greater guinea pig
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771:Pediolagus
746:Dolichotis
679:Microcavia
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293:References
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484:Caviidae
286:G. spixii
282:G. spixii
271:G. spixii
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884:Category
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517:Rodentia
511:Mammalia
505:Chordata
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499:Animalia
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