guinea pig
domesticated rodent from South America
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Summary
guinea pig is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.059% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,262 views/month, #116 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: model organism[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- Parent taxon: Guinea pig[5]
- Taxon name: Cavia porcellus[6]
- Commons category: Cavia porcellus[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cavia porcellus[8]
- Commons gallery: Cavia porcellus[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
- Original combination: Mus porcellus[15]
- Taxon synonym: Cavia cobaya[16]
- Taxon common name: Domesticated Guinea Pig[17], guinea pig[18], marsu[19], Cavy[20], Hausmeerschweinchen[21], cobaya[22], kawia domowa[23]
- Life expectancy: 5 years[24]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02364673-n[25]
- Habitat: Peru[26]
- Gestation period: 72 day[27]
- Heart rate: 250 beats per minute[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
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Identifiers
guinea pig's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119405[31]. Recorded NCBI taxonomy ID include 10141[32] and 10144[33]. guinea pig's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326924[34]. guinea pig's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219702[35]. guinea pig's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584713[36].
Why It Matters
guinea pig has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 167 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]