Shiny guinea pig: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Shiny guinea pig Cavia fulgida Least concern

Where the shiny guinea pig lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 17 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Shiny guinea pig: Fizifer — Photo: Jimena (arquera), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Cavia fulgida
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Caviidae

Where does the shiny guinea pig live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the shiny guinea pig in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the shiny guinea pig endangered?

The shiny guinea pig’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the shiny guinea pig?

The shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Caviidae, genus Cavia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the shiny guinea pig

The shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America.

The rodent is endemic to Brazil. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Shiny guinea pig (revision 1353582547), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769896 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).