[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Hystricomorpha | Caviidae | Cavia ]
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Taxonomy: | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Craniata | Vertebrata | Gnathostomata | Teleostomi | Euteleostomi | Sarcopterygii | Dipnotetrapodomorpha | Tetrapoda | Amniota | Mammalia | Theria | Eutheria | Boreoeutheria | Euarchontoglires | Glires | Rodentia | Hystricomorpha | Caviidae | Cavia |
Common: | Brazilian guinea pig (German: Gemeines Meerschweinchen, Wildmeerschweinchen) |
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Go to NCBI Taxonomy (37548) |
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Publication: |
Weyrich A, Schullermann T, Heeger F et. al.
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BMC Genomics 15, 1036.
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Cavia porcellus str. inbred
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[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Hystricomorpha | Caviidae | Cavia ]
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Taxonomy: | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Craniata | Vertebrata | Gnathostomata | Teleostomi | Euteleostomi | Sarcopterygii | Dipnotetrapodomorpha | Tetrapoda | Amniota | Mammalia | Theria | Eutheria | Boreoeutheria | Euarchontoglires | Glires | Rodentia | Hystricomorpha | Caviidae | Cavia |
Synonym: | Cavia cobaya, Cavia aperea porcellus, Cavia cobya (misnomer) |
Common: | guinea pig (German: Hausmeerschweinchen) |
Comment: | Guinea pigs are the most widespread rodents of South America. They were domesticated approximately 4000 years ago in the highlands of South America as a foodsource. |
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Go to NCBI Taxonomy (10141) |
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Encyclopedia of life |
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Publication: |
Lindblad-Toh K, Garber M, Zuk O et. al.
( 2011)
Nature 478, 476-482.
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