Animal of the Day: Patagonian Cavy!

Off the top of my head: Patagonian live in herds in South America. They are one of three members of the cavy family along with guinea pigs and capy baras. What distinguishes them as a cavy are the four toes on front paws and three toes on back paws.  They are the third largest rodent. Patagonian pairs take turns babysitting all the babies of the herd while the rest of the herd goes off and eats. They rotate babysitting duty.

With research: The Patagonian Cavy lives only in Argentina. They run in a similar fashion to deer and antelope. Cavys stay with their partner for life unless their partner dies. The male follows his partner about hither and thither.

Females spray males with pee when they do not want them near. Males spray females with pee when they want to ward off other males.

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