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    Species Accepted

    Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      82 results
      Acure Spanish
      Akuri Basque
      Bargemot Western Frisian
      Cavia Dutch
      Cavia domestica Italian
      Cavy English
      Cobai Romanian
      Cobaia Portuguese
      Cobaya Spanish
      Cochon d'Inde French

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
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      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Rodríguez-Mahecha. J. V.. Hernández-Camacho. J.. Defler. R.. Alberico. M.. Mast. R.. Mittermeier. R.. Cadena. A. (1995). Mamíferos colombianos: sus nombres comunes e indígenas. Occasional Papers in Coservation Biology 3. Conservation International. Santafé de Bogotá. 56 pp.
      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.
      Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.59
      Patton, James L., Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas, and Guillermo D’Elía, eds. (2015). Mammals of South America, Vol. 2: Rodents.
      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.

      Citation

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