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Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.59

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Caviidae
genus
Cavia
species
Cavia porcellus

Name

Synonyms
Mus porcellus Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Acure in Spanish
Acure in Spanish
Akuri in Basque
Bargemot in Western Frisian
Cavia in Dutch
Cavia domestica in Italian
Cavy in English
Cobai in Romanian
Cobaia in Portuguese
Cobaya in Spanish
Cochon d'Inde in French
Coelho-da-índia in Portuguese
Conejillo de Indias in Spanish
Conill porquí in Catalan–Valencian
Conillet d'Indias in Aragonese
Curiel in Spanish
Curí (generalizado) in Spanish
Curí (generalizado) in Spanish
Cuy in Spanish
Cuy in Spanish
Cuyo in Spanish
Dagis sungsung in language.
Domestic Guinea Pig in English
Domestic Guinea Pig in English
Domestic Guinea Pig in language.
Domestic Guinea Pig in English
Domesticated Guinea Pig in English
Domesticated Guinea Pig in English
Domesticated Guinea Pig in English
Domesticated Guinea Pig in English
Domesticated Guinea Pig in English
Dəniz donuzcuğu in Azerbaijani
Gearra-mhuc in Scottish Gaelic
Guinea pig in English
Guinea pig in English
Guinea pig in English
Guinees Biggetje in Dutch
Hausmeerschweinchen in German
Hausmeerschweinchen in German
Hoescavia in Limburgish
Huiscavia in Dutch
Jūrascūciņa in Latvian
Jūrų kiaulytė in Lithuanian
Kavia in Western Frisian
Kawia domowa in Polish
Kobajo in Esperanto
Kobay in Turkish
Kobayo in Ido
Konehilyo in Tagalog
Kuy in Quechua

Bibliographic References

  1. ALBERICO M, A CADENA, JI HERNÁNDEZ-CAMACHO y Y MUÑOZ-SABA. 2000b. Mamíferos (Synapsida: Theria) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 1:43-75. ref_scmas0005
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2003: OPINION 2027 (Case 3010): Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 60, part 1. 81-84.
  3. Patton, James L., Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas, and Guillermo D'Elía, eds., 2015: null. Mammals of South America, Vol. 2: Rodents. xxiv + 1336.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  5. Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600.
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