Cavia porcellus
(Guinea Pig)

Interactions where Cavia porcellus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
body body is ectoparasitised by Gliricola porceli a louse Phthiraptera Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Gliricola porceli/Gliricola porcelia louse Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Caviidae/Cavia porcellus/Cavia porcellusGuinea pigbody ectoparasitises body
dung dung dung may support gregarious, subiculate cleistothecium Pleuroascus nicholsonii an ascomycete Pseudeurotiaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pseudeurotiaceae/Pleuroascus nicholsonii/Pleuroascus nicholsoniian ascomycetegregarious, subiculatecleistothecium Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Caviidae/Cavia porcellus/Cavia porcellusGuinea pigdung gregarious, subiculate cleistothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung
head head is ectoparasitised by Gyropus ovalis a louse Phthiraptera Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Gyropus ovalis/Gyropus ovalisa louse Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Caviidae/Cavia porcellus/Cavia porcellusGuinea pighead ectoparasitises head
lung (immunocompromised) immunocompromised lung may be infected by Pneumocystis carinii Rat Pneumocystis Pneumonia - causative organism Pneumocystis carinii: a fungal villain masquerading as a protozoan, Wakefield, A.E., 2002
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pneumocystis carinii/Pneumocystis cariniirat Pneumocystis pneumonia - causative organism Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Caviidae/Cavia porcellus/Cavia porcellusGuinea pigimmunocompromisedlung infects immunocompromised lung
neck neck is ectoparasitised by Gyropus ovalis a louse Phthiraptera Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Gyropus ovalis/Gyropus ovalisa louse Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Caviidae/Cavia porcellus/Cavia porcellusGuinea pigneck ectoparasitises neck

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Wakefield, A.E., 2002Pneumocystis carinii: a fungal villain masquerading as a protozoanMycologist Vol 16 (4): 138-139.

Cavia porcellus (Guinea Pig) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCavia porcellus (Guinea Pig)
FamilyCAVIIDAE (Guinea pigs)
OrderRODENTIA (rodents)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Cavia porcellus (Guinea Pig) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cavia porcellus (Guinea Pig):

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