San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Guinea Pig
This engaging resource from the San Diego Zoo provides extensive information on the Guinea Pig including details about its habitat, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Guinea Pig (Cavia Porcellus)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics Cavia Porcellus, more commonly known as the guinea pig.
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Guinea Pig Compendium: Guinea Pig Behavior
Discusses general guinea pig behavior including herd life and communication. It also has a section covering guinea pig senses and intelligence.
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Guinea Pig Compendium: Feeding and Nutrition
This site describes several common guinea pig foods, including hay, pellets, fruits, and vegetables. It also covers a guinea pig's need for Vitamin C, along with treats they enjoy.
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Guinea Pig Compendium: Care Guide
This website maps out how you should care for a guinea pig. It also discusses choosing, housing, and feeding a guinea pig.
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Guinea Pig Health: Marty the Cyber Pig
This site provides facts about guinea pig anatomy as well as nutrition. It also suggest a daily diet designed to keep a guinea pig healthy. Lastly, it offers descriptions of some common guinea pig illnesses and how to treat them.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Guinea Forest Hog
Meet the Guinea Forest Hog and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Guinea Pigs Online: New Piggie Owners
New guinea pig owners and classroom keepers can get advice on the care of their favorite pets.
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Guinea Pigs Online: Piggie Health
Get health tips and find links to other sites for your guinea pig.
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Guinea Pigs Online: Piggie Nutrition
Find helpful information and pointers on guinea pig nutrition.
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Guinea Pigs Online:piggie Sounds
Have you ever wondered what those piggie sounds mean. Now you can listen to examples and be amazed at what your guinea pigs may have been telling you over the years!
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What in the World Is Wrong With Sammy?
This instructional activity provides students with the technology-based project researching Guinea Pigs. The trade book, Sammy, the Classroom Guinea Pig, will be used to make predictions.The students will use the facts from their...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Rock Cavy
As part of the Amazonia exhibit at the National Zoo, this site highlights various facts and interesting information on the Rock Cavy, which is closely related to the domestic guinea pig. In addition to several pictures, the site provides...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Fruit With Birds and Guinea Pig
An image of "Fruit with Birds and Guinea-pig", created by Jakab Bogdanyz (Oil on canvas).
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Why Don't We Have a Tail ?
The Peter Gurney Guinea Pig Health Guide offers an easy to read page on guinea pig diet and nutrition information.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Gullible's Troubles [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Margaret Shannon's book, Gullible's Troubles, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
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Guinea Pig Blood Crystals, 1871
The technique of photographing objects observed under a microscope is discussed in this succinct site. Various pictures taken under a microscope are displayed on this site as well.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Betsileo
The Betsileo (Bts) are one of approximately twenty "ethnies," or ethnic units, into which Madagascar divides its population. The Betsileo began to use that term for themselves after their conquest by the Merina in the nineteenth century....
University of Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Primate Research Center: Primate Info Net
Information about primates, includes links to primate centers and organizations. Find out about the International Directory of Primatology. Click into "Resources on Primatology" and then "About the Primates" to get to primate-specific...
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