TheThe guinea pig,guinea pig,
guinea pigguinea pig oror guinea pigguinea pig
(Cavia porcellus)(Cavia porcellus) is ais a
speciesspecies ofof mammalmammal
rodentrodent of theof the familyfamily
CaviidaeCaviidae .
.
Native toNative to PeruPeru
.
.
It...
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TheThe guinea pig,guinea pig,
guinea pigguinea pig oror guinea pigguinea pig
(Cavia porcellus)(Cavia porcellus) is ais a
speciesspecies ofof mammalmammal
rodentrodent of theof the familyfamily
CaviidaeCaviidae .
.
Native toNative to PeruPeru
.
.
It reaches a weight of 1It reaches a weight of 1
kgkg , lives in open areas, lives in open areas
and holes and burrowsand holes and burrows
used to hide and protectused to hide and protect
themselves.
themselves.
The name of the speciesThe name of the species
Cavia porcellusCavia porcellus receivedreceived
in other Europeanin other European
languageslanguages entirelyentirely
without relation to thewithout relation to the
original.
original.
InIn EnglishEnglish it isit is
calledcalled guinea pigguinea pig
("Guinea pig") in("Guinea pig") in
GermanGerman
MeerschweinchenMeerschweinchen ("sea("sea
pig"), inpig"), in RussianRussian МорскаяМорская
свинкасвинка ("sea pig"), in("sea pig"), in
FrenchFrench Cochon d IndeCochon d Inde
("pig("pig pigpi
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