| Cavia Fossil range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent |
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| Cavia aperea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Subfamily: | Caviinae |
| Genus: | Cavia Pallas, 1766 |
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Cavia aperea |
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Cavia is a genus in the Caviinae subfamily that contains the rodents commonly known as guinea pigs. The most well-known species in this genus is the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, an important meat animal in South America and a common household pet in the West.
Cavia are classified in order Rodentia, although there is a minority belief in the scientific community that evidence from mitochondrial DNA and proteins indicates that the Hystricognathi may belong to a different evolutionary offshoot, and therefore a different order.[1] If so, this would be an example of convergent evolution. Other scientists are critical of this hypothesis.[2]
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Cavia may mean:
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| Founded | March 1, 2000 |
| Located | Tokyo, Japan |
Cavia, inc. is a Japanese video game developer. The company name is apparently an acronym for Computer Amusement Visualizer, although the company web site also claims it refers to caviar.
The company was founded on March 1, 2000 and has its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Its shareholders include Amuse Capital, Tokuma Shoten, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokyo FM Broadcasting, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Hayao Nakayama. Cavia usually develops games for already existing franchises, like Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece or Ghost in the Shell for various publishers.
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
   | Family feud - genetic evidence seems to show that guinea pigs are not rodents - Family feud - genetic evidence seems to show that guinea pigs are not rodents although they look like rodents - Brief Article | Science World | Find Articles at BNET |
| | "Molecular Biology and Evolution," Vol 11, 593-604, article arguing in support of rodent classification - Phylogenetic place of guinea pigs: no support of the rodent-polyphyly hypothesis from maximum-likelihood analyses of multiple protein sequences -- Cao et al. 11 (4): 593 -- Molecular Biology and Evolution |
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