The Species Black List

Cavia patzelti

Sacha guinea pig

The Sacha guinea pig (Cavia patzelti) is known only from a single locality in the highlands of Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in central Ecuador (Chimborazo province).

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

4, a single named site

Class

Mammalia

Realm

Neotropical

Locality

Mount Chimborazo

As IUCN records it

Cavia patzelti Schliemann, 1982