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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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Records from Mar del Plata

Conservation status: Least Concern

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 644482
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/24/2025
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 591483
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/14/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 391809
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/05/2014
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 391808
  Immature
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/05/2014
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 111002
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/15/2015
Walter Bustamante



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232613424/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del PlataJorge Iriberri
210947214/10/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Puerto Mar del Plata, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
180709508/08/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresSierra de los padres, Mar del PlataDiego Varales
31938115/07/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del PlataWalter Bustamante
123134305/04/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlrededores de Sierra de los Padres, Mar del PlataEugenia Boggiano
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Brazilian Guinea Pig (Cavia aperea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.