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Originally Posted by lindseylatch
i've never seen a guinea pig as big as a cat...but yeah, i don't think they look like that in the wild. they're probably more like those giant ones...that they sell in the store...who's name I can remember...Starts with a q?
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Well, the largest of my 3 is about the size of a small cat, but admitedly it is the largest I've ever seen. That pic is actually a pretty decent depiction of what they look like in the wild at least as far as the kind of fur that is shown. Are you thinking of chinchillas perhaps?
edit-this is according to a book I have on guinea pigs, it seems several sources on the internet disagree about the origin of the guinea pig, but I have more trust in a book than the internet.