A long-haired lilac, orange and white Satin Peruvian Guinea pig

Domesticated guinea pigs come in many breeds which have been developed since their arrival in Europe and North America. These varieties vary widely in hair and color composition. The most common breeds found in pet stores are the English Short Hair (also called American) which has a smooth, glossy, short coat, and the Abyssinian which has a rough coat made of cowlicks, crests, and swirls called rosettes. Each of these breeds come in a number of colors and color patterns. The rarer Peruvian has very long hair, hanging all the way to the ground. A rare new breed known as the Texel has long hair like the Peruvian, but this hair is curly and does not come over their face. Image File history File links Rene2. ... Image File history File links Rene2. ... Domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms are those whose collective behavior, life cycle, or physiology has been altered as a result of their breeding and living conditions being under human control for multiple generations. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A rosette is a rose-like marking or formation which are found in clusters and patches on the fur of leopards, jaguars, and other big cats. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... A pattern is a form, template, or model (or, more abstractly, a set of rules) which can be used to make or to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are generated have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred or discerned... Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since the early 1970s) is a long-running comic strip featured in The Beano childrens comic in the United Kingdom. ...

All over the world there are Cavy Clubs and Associations dedicated to the showing and breeding of guinea pigs. ACBA (American Cavy Breeders Association) is the governing body in the United States. In Canada, the OCC (Ontario Cavy Club) is the most prominent club, and many others exist. Each club publishes its own Standard of Perfection and determines what breeds are eligible for showing.

ACBA has many accepted breeds. These include:

• Abyssinian: The Abyssinian cavy has 10 rosettes, one on each shoulder, four across the "saddle", one on each hip, and two on the rump. An ideal Abyssinian has a harsh textured coat that stands on end in straight ridges, forming the rosette pattern. Rosettes should have pinpoint centers.
• American (AKA Smooth Coat): The American cavy has short smooth hair all over the body.
• Crested: A Crested is like an American, but has a single rosette on the top of the head. According to ACBA standards, the Crest must be white coloured with no white present on the body of the animal. Other clubs allow the crest to be any colour.
• Teddy: A Teddy guinea pig has short, rough hair that stands on end all over the body, resembling a plush teddy bear.
• Silkie: A Silkie has long hair, sometimes up to 60 cm, that flows back over its body. When viewed from above it should be a teardrop shape.
• Peruvian: A Peruvian cavy has long hair like a Silkie, but the hair flows over the whole body from the center and spreads out, covering the face. When viewed from above it should look like an oval and the head cannot be distinguished from the rear.
• Coronet: A Coronet cavy has long hair like a Silkie, and a crest like a Crested.

A Tortoiseshell and white Boucle Guinea Pig

• Texel: A Texel is like a Silkie, but with curls. The curls should ideally be tightly wound corkscrew curls.
• Merino and Boucle: Merino is the curly equivalent of a Coronet and a Boucle is the curly equivalent of a Peruvian. These breeds are not yet accepted according to ACBA regulations.

In Australia the governing body for the showing of pedigree cavies is the ANCC (Australian National Cavy Council). Alternative names given to breeds of cavies are: Image File history File links CavyNemesis. ... Image File history File links CavyNemesis. ...

• Rex (Teddy in the US): a rough coated cavy, with short, wiry hair. This cavy comes in all colours.
• Merino (also known as the English Merino): same as the US standard for Merino. A longhair cavy with a crest in between the ears on the centre of the head.
• Peruvian: A Peruvian is a longhair cavy, which has only two rump rosettes which push the hair forward over the face. When viewed from above the coat should be a perfect circle.
• Alpaca: A curly coated Peruvian. Hair grows over face like a Peruvian.
• Sheltie (Silkie in the US): Longhair cavy, the coat of which should be even all around. It should not form a tear drop, but rather a circle.
• Selfs: This category includes all short hair cavies of one colour, e.g. self black, self red, etc.

All breeds also come in a Satin variety. A satin cavy has a different type of hair shaft that reflects light, giving it a shiny appearance.

Cavies come in many colours, including Black, White, Red, Buff/Cream (blonde), Chocolate and Beige.

• Agouti coloured cavies have a hair tip and root that are different colours, much like someone whose roots are showing from dyeing their hair. Golden Agouti has a red tip and black root, Silver Agouti has a white tip and black root and Dilute Agouti can have a variety of different combinations.
• Parti coloured cavies have two or more colours on the body, often white and another colour. To be eligible for showing, each colour must be present in at least a one inch by one inch patch. An ideal cavy has several patches of each color on its body, evenly distributed so that the animal has an equal amount of each color no matter what angle the animal is viewed from.
• Tortoiseshell coloured cavies are black and red.
• Roan cavies have white and one or more coloured hair intermixed throughout the body.
• Brindle cavies have two different colour hair intermixed throughout the body like a Roan.
• Dalmatian cavies have white hair and black spots. Dalmations also have a unique eye colour — blue with a red rim.
• Skinny pigs are a hairless variety of cavy with sparse hair only on their heads and feet.
• Baldwins are a newer hairless variety in which the young are born fully-furred, but lose their hair over the first month of life, and are usually considered to be completely hairless.

Two abyssinian guinea pigs

Guinea pigs are widely considered to be good pets. They are generally easy to care for, and while they do require frequent cage cleaning and companionship, with a little diligence all their needs can easily be met. If handled early in their life by caring owners, they become very amenable to being picked up and carried about, even by younger children. They are considered by many to be very cute and are very verbal (they squeak) in contact with humans. Guinea pigs who become familiar with their human seem to consider them part of their herd, and become distraught when separated for long periods. Skinny Pigs are a hairless variety of guinea pigs or cavies which result from a mutation in the rhino gene. ... Two abyssinian guinea pigs. ... Two abyssinian guinea pigs. ... The Fuel Cell Bus Club comprises the participants of the projects CUTE, ECTOS and STEP ([1]). They currently operate the largest fleet of fuel cell buses in the world, 33 buses, as part of a two-year Mercedes-Benz Citaro hydrogen fuel cell bus trial with three buses in each...

All guinea pigs have different food preferences.