guinea pig

Summary

guinea pig is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.059% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,032 views/month, #116 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• guinea pig's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• guinea pig's instance of is recorded as model organism^[4].
• guinea pig is classified at the rank of species^[5].
• guinea pig belongs to the parent taxon Guinea pig^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, guinea pig is Cavia porcellus^[7].
• guinea pig's Commons category is recorded as Cavia porcellus^[8].
• guinea pig's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cavia porcellus^[9].
• guinea pig's Commons gallery is recorded as Cavia porcellus^[10].
• guinea pig's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• guinea pig's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• guinea pig's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste^[13].
• guinea pig's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[14].
• guinea pig's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• guinea pig's original combination is recorded as Mus porcellus^[16].
• guinea pig's taxon synonym is recorded as Cavia cobaya^[17].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Domesticated Guinea Pig'}^[18].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'guinea pig'}^[19].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'marsu'}^[20].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cavy'}^[21].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hausmeerschweinchen'}^[22].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cobaya'}^[23].
• guinea pig is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kawia domowa'}^[24].
• guinea pig's life expectancy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5'}^[25].
• guinea pig's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02364673-n^[26].
• guinea pig's habitat is recorded as Peru^[27].

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Classification

guinea pig's scientific name is Cavia porcellus^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Guinea pig^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Domesticated Guinea Pig'}^[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[19], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'marsu'}^[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cavy'}^[21], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hausmeerschweinchen'}^[22], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cobaya'}^[23].

Identifiers

guinea pig's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119405^[28]. Recorded NCBI taxonomy ID include 10141^[29] and 10144^[30]. guinea pig's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326924^[31]. guinea pig's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219702^[32]. guinea pig's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584713^[33].

Why It Matters

guinea pig ranks in the top 0.059% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,032 views/month, #116 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]