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Guinea Pig: Amazing Pictures & Interesting Facts for Kids A guinea pig, also known as cavy, is a small, pig-like animal. Complete with an adorable stoutness, tiny legs, a short snout for a mouth, and a body full of fur, this friendly animal makes a good pet. Though it belongs to class Mammalia, or those animals with mammary glands, it is actually a rodent, and therefore a closer relative of a mouse than of a pig.

Guinea Pig: Amazing Pictures & Interesting Facts for KidsA guinea pig, also known as cavy, is a small, pig-like animal. Complete with an adorable stoutness, tiny legs, a short snout for a mouth, and a body full of fur, this friendly animal makes a good pet. Though it belongs to class Mammalia, or those animals with mammary glands, it is actually a rodent, and therefore a closer relative of a mouse than of a pig.