They have a very robust body with short study limbs, large eyes and head, and very tiny short ears. Their feet have hairless soles, like many other mammals, they also have very sharp short claws. The Guinea Pig us a fairly large rodent that weighs one to up to three pounds, and is twenty to forty centimeters long.
They used to be a native animal in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, until they soon became extinct in the wild unless domesticated. They live either indoors or outdoors. They were brought to Europe in the 16th century as a result of the Columbia Exchange. Since the 1800s they have been popular pets