Cavia

See also: cavia, cávia, and çavia

Translingual

Cavia aperea

Etymology

From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (> modern sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá.

Proper noun

Cavia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – guinea pigs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Caviidae - family; Caviinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cavia anolaimae, Cavia aperea, Cavia fulgida, Cavia guianae, Cavia intermedia, Cavia magna, Cavia nana, Cavia porcellus, Cavia tschudii (species)

Further reading

• Cavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cavia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cavia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons