Shiny guinea pig
{{Short description|Species of rodent from South America}}
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| name = Shiny guinea pig
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Cavia fulgida
| authority = Wagler, 1831
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The shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America.
The rodent is endemic to Brazil. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions.
Taxonomy
Wagler first called the species Cavia fulgida in 1831; P. W. Lund identified a Cavia rufescens in 1841, but since Oldfield Thomas (1901) these are considered to be identical species.{{citation | last = Weir | first = Barbara J. | contribution = Notes on the Origin of the Domestic Guinea-Pig | editor-last = Rowlands | editor-first = I. W. | editor2-last = Weir | editor2-first = Barbara J. | title = The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents | publisher = Academic Press | year = 1974 | pages = 437–446 | isbn = 0126133344}}
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Category:Fauna of the Atlantic Forest
Category:Endemic mammals of Brazil
Category:Mammals described in 1831
Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler
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