Cavia porcellus
Their scientific name is Cavie. They are not Guinea pigs, they are Cavies.
The other name for a guinea pig is cavy and their scientific name is Cavia porcellus.
They call them guinea pigs because they squeak. Pigs snort. But, it does kinda sound like a pig. (:
Guinea Pig's scientific name is Cavia Porcellus and are also known as Cavy.
cavia porcellus
Not sure, but guinea pigs aren't type of pigs. They're in the rodents family, and NOT pigs. Hope this helped?
Yes. The scientific name for Guinea Pigs is cavia procellus,colloquially also known ascavies.
A group of guinea pigs is called a herd.
no. guinea pigs are not related to pigs at all. it is just a name. they are actually rodents.
Look at the color or pattern on your guinea pigs fur, or see its personality.
no, it is not true. they got their name because guinea pigs are originally from Guinea which is in Europe somewhere.
Guinea pigs aren't related to pigs in any way except for the name. Guinea pigs are rodents, farmyard pigs are not.