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What family is the guinea pig in?
No. Guinea pigs are rodents (rabbits are not) and are actually in the same biological family is capybaras, a giant South American rodent.
What kind of creature is the guinea pig?
The Guinea-Pig is from the Rodent family.
Are guinea pigs a pig or?
No!!!!!!!They are actually part of the rodent family.
What do you call a baby Animal that is part Mouse and part Guinea Pig?
A science experiment. There is no such thing as a mouse/guinea pig. =]
Is a pig part cat part rat and dog?
a guinea pig is from the rodent family and that is the same group as rats, mice and hamsters.
How is the common name guinea pig misleading?
They are not members of the pig family
Are guinea pigs cages excspenceve?
Hello I know a lot about guinea pigs, but it really does depend the question is, is are you just looking for a family guinea pig? A show guinea pig? or a breeding guinea pig? If a family guinea pig you can visit your local animal shelter they really can be from 0$ to 250$ Ones from petstores are usually 20$ to about 60$
Is a pig is mammal?
A pig is a mammal because it fits a mammals description. It is warmblooded and it has a vertebrae. A pig also gives birth to live offspring. Although fine, A pig has hair and it produces milk.They are warm blooded, they also feed from their mothers breast milk.
What is the guinea pigs history?
Guinea Pigs are not from New Guinea, as many people think, they are actually from South America where they were roasted for food. They sold them for one Guinea (money) hence, the Guinea part in Guinea Pig. Also they sound like snorting pigs hence, the Pig part in Guinea Pig.For more information go to Guinea Pig Lnyx
Are the guinea pigs the tinniest version of a pig?
No, guinea pigs are not the tiniest version of a pig. Pigs are mammals and guinea pigs are also mammals but they are categorized into the rodent family
Are guinea pigs and hamsters part of the same family?
They are in the same Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class and Order.But not Family, or Genus, or Species.Guinea pig = Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: RodentiaSuborder: HystricomorphaFamily: CaviidaeSubfamily: CaviinaeGenus: CaviaSpecies: C. porcellusrat = Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: RodentiaSuperfamily: MuroideaFamily: MuridaeSubfamily: MurinaeGenus: Rattus
Why does my guinea pig have white on its body it's a white crested and they are not supposed to have white on their bodies?
your guinea pig may be a hybrid (not a purebred), this means it would be part white crested part other guinea pig breed. this would explain why the guinea pigs fur has white.
