🐭Guinea pig
For alternative betydninger, se Marsvin. (Se også artikler, som begynder med Marsvin) Et marsvin er en gnaver. Marsvin har deres oprindelse i Andesbjergene i Sydamerika. Undersøgelser baseret på biokemi og krydsning tyder på, at de er tamme dyr, der ikke findes vildt i naturen, og er efterkommere af den nært beslægtede huleart Cavia tschudii. De blev oprindeligt tæmmet som husdyr for at være en kilde til kød og spises stadig i nogle dele af verden.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2012.
- Body mass
- 0.73 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Guinea pig
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.73 kgAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation68 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 4AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Guinea pig yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyCaviidae
- ›genusCavia
- ›speciesCavia porcellus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyCaviidae
- genusCavia
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- familyCaviidae
- genusCavia
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