cavy
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The zoo also has three of the world’s four largest rodents, including the Patagonian cavy, a sweet-tempered mammal that looks like a cross between a jack rabbit and a dog.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2014
The other half heard anthropomorphized language, like “Mother cavy tucks her babies into bed in a small cave.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 8, 2014
When the mother cavy wakes up, she usually eats lots of grass and other plants.
From Scientific American • Mar. 27, 2014
Mother cavy and her babies like to spend the afternoon sunbathing.
From Scientific American • Mar. 27, 2014
In like manner, in the Pampas of South America the skeletons of Megatherium, Megalonyx, Glyptodon, Mylodon, Toxodon, Macrauchenia, and other extinct forms, are analogous to the living sloth, armadillo, cavy, capybara, and llama.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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South America - Middle School
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