Greater Guinea Pig – Cavia magna

Cavia magnaXiminez, 1980

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=128 (Gava et al., 1998).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.