EPPO Global Database

Cavia porcellus(CAVIPO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-16

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CAVIPO
  • Preferred name: Cavia porcellus
  • Authority: (Erxleben)

Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cavia cobaya Pallas

Common names
Name Language
guinea pig English
Meerschweinchen German
cobaye commun French
cochon d'Inde French
cavia Spanish
cuy Spanish
cavia domestica Italian
huiscavia Dutch
cobaia Portuguese
porquinho-da-índia Portuguese
preá Portuguese
preá-da-índia Portuguese
marsvin Swedish
домашняя морская свинка Russian