Santa Catarina's guinea pig
| Santa Catarina's guinea pig | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | Cavia |
| Species: | C. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cavia intermedia Cherem et al., 1999 | |
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Santa Catarina's guinea pig or Moleques do Sul cavy, Cavia intermedia is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Brazil on the small island of Moleques do Sul in the state of Santa Catarina. The island has a surface area of only 10.5 ha; the guinea pig's geographical distribution of only 4 ha is one of the world's smallest for a mammal.[1]
References
- 1 2 Chapman, R. E. (2008). Cavia intermedia. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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