Are guinea pigs rodents?
Scientists are increasing becoming to realise that Cavies or Guinea piga as they are more commonly known as, are in fact not rodents at all, and may even be in a family all of their own. They have sharp incisor teeth like a rodent, but unlike a rodent, they also have molars and premolars set far back into their little skulls. Also, the blood protein make-up of a cavy, is unlike that of any other rodent.
