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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: 432

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
Foto
Photography ID: 662354
  Adult
Corrientes capital
Corrientes
Argentina
11/14/2025
Peter Vidana



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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: 1413



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244151801/03/2026ArgentinaSanta FeCamino rural, ArocenaPeter Vidana
243776022/02/202619:12ArgentinaSanta FeLa Rioja 1109, Santo Tomé2Gustavo Fernando Durán
243771122/02/202617:00ArgentinaSanta FeSan Jerónimo Norte2Gustavo Fernando Durán
243481017/02/202608:02ArgentinaBuenos AiresCanal 2 sur puente10Santiago Juan Torres
243439616/02/202617:32ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Jorge La Grotteria
243439416/02/202617:22ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasJorge La Grotteria
243436616/02/202616:25ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Jorge La Grotteria
243435216/02/202617:31ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Jorge La Grotteria
243433316/02/202617:32ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1María Alejandra Sosa
243429816/02/202616:25ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Brazilian Guinea Pig (Cavia aperea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.