Guiena Pigs are not rodents, right?

[mrs_eads80]

Okay I am having a little argument with my husband. He always calls my piggies rats, I keep telling him they are not even in the rodent family. But he dose not quiet believe me. Am I right? They are not rodents right. They are like in there own little catagory with those things that look like giant gp's (capybaya) (sp?). Can someone back me up please............

 

[Branskins]

I dont think they are rodents

 

[CavySpirit]

Sorry, but they definitely are rodents. There's a little bit of a scientific controversy about it, but the case is rather weak and has not been accepted by the scientific community. They are in the Rodent family.

 

[icesprite]

From what I understand, the constantly growing teeth define them as a rodent.

 

[LiciaMommycott]

Yes they're rodents and yes, all rodents have constantly growing teeth

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Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Histricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
Genus/Species: Cavia porcellus

https://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/rodentia/rodentia.html
Rodents have a single pair of incisors in each jaw, and the incisors grow continually throughout life.