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Is a guinea pig a mammal or a rodent?

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Is a guinea pig (a stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research) an instance of the class Mammal (Mammals, the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including sweat glands modified for milk production, hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain) or the class rodent (the order of mammals including mice and rats)?
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Guineapigs are rodents :)
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Posted at 7:45 on March 31, 2011.
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Rodent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Common rodents include mice, rats, squirrels, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and ... The fossil record of rodent-like mammals begins shortly after the extinction of the nonavian ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodent
Is the guinea-pig a rodent?
Is the guinea-pig a rodent? Graur D, Hide WA, Li WH. Department of Zoology, George S. Wise ... morphological and molecular features in comparison with other eutherian mammals.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2052090
Guinea pig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also called the cavy, is a species of rodent ... Like humans, but unlike most other mammals, guinea pigs cannot synthesize their own vitamin C and ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig
THE GUINEA PIG MYSTERY
Are guinea pigs REALLY from the rodent family?? Read on to find out. Reprinted from a Scholastic News ... of genetic relatedness among various species of rodents and other mammals ...
http://www.angelfire.com/az/cavykingdom/mystery.html
Guinea Pig Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
Guinea Pig Printout. The Guinea Pig is a small rodent that is native to South America.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/paint/fa/subjects/mammals/roden...

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