Info on guinea pigs and a photo gallery of guinea birds are found on the web.
Earlier, these animals were found from northwestern Venezuela to central Chile and were kept as pets by the native people. Traders and colonists subsequently brought Cavia porcellus to Europe and America. Nowadays, they do not exist in the wild, but may be kept as pets.
Info on guinea pigs and a photo gallery of guinea birds are found on the web.
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Also called Helmeted Guinea Fowl, Vulturine Guinea Fowl.
As for reproduction, they breed continuously throughout the year, but most births occur in the spring. Males become sexually mature by the age of three months and females by the age of two months. The estrous cycles last on average about 16.5 days. Info on guinea pigs and a photo gallery of guinea birds are found on the web.
