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Brazilian Guinea Pig

Cavia aperea
Cuis Grande
Family: Caviidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status: Least Concern

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
PlantsRedondita de Agua (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)13/09/2023Pablo Capovilla
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsGavilán Mixto (Parabuteo unicinctus)03/09/2024Diego Oscar
BirdsGavilán Mixto (Parabuteo unicinctus)24/09/2022Fernando Naifleisch
BirdsGavilán Planeador (Circus buffoni)27/01/2020Jorgelina Lopez
MammalsGato Montés (Leopardus geoffroyi)06/07/2017Maximiliano Sager
MammalsComadreja Colorada (Lutreolina crassicaudata)27/07/2016Facundo Irazoqui
BirdsGavilán Planeador (Circus buffoni)09/07/2010Diego Oscar



Number of Photography: 434

Foto
Photography ID: 679758
  Adult
La Emilia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/22/2026
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 679209
  Adult
San Miguel del Monte
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/24/2026
Lucas De Ciria
Foto
Photography ID: 677205
  Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/02/2026
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 677204
  Adult
Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/02/2026
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 676208
 Arocena
Santa Fe
Argentina
03/01/2026
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 674786
  Adult
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/15/2026
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 674479
  Adult
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/15/2026
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 672097
  Juvenile
Hudson
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/05/2026
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 671996
  Adult
Resistencia
Chaco
Argentina
02/01/2026
Fernando Naifleisch
Foto
Photography ID: 663344
  Adult
San Miguel del Monte
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/01/2025
Guillermo Marcaida



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Number of Films: 13


Video ID: 5805
  Adult
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
09/13/2023
Pablo Capovilla



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Number of Records: 1425



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245742312/04/202608:32ArgentinaSanta FeEduardo Tesaire1Gustavo Fernando Durán
245728111/04/202616:49ArgentinaSanta FeLa Rioja 1107, Santo Tomé1Gustavo Fernando Durán
245532003/04/202608:18ArgentinaEntre RíosAvenida Presidente Néstor Kirchner, Diamante8Gustavo Fernando Durán
245525302/04/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresCalle 63, Hudson13Pablo Richter
245385329/03/202617:40ArgentinaSanta FeSan Jerónimo Norte3Gustavo Fernando Durán
245135424/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresSan Miguel del MonteLucas De Ciria
245296122/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa EmiliaPeter Vidana
244679015/03/202608:14ArgentinaSanta FeEduardo Tesaire2Gustavo Fernando Durán
244708114/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Pampas de Anguyá Tutú, General LavalleAlec Earnshaw
244669914/03/202617:39ArgentinaSanta FeLa Rioja 1115, Santo Tomé1Gustavo Fernando Durán
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Brazilian Guinea Pig (Cavia aperea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/04/2026.