Cavia fulgida
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America. The rodent is endemic to Brazil. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions. Wagler first called the species Cavia fulgida in 1831; P. W. Lund identified a Cavia rufescens in 1841, but since Oldfield Thomas (1901) these are considered to be identical species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Shiny Guinea Pig sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 19 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shiny Guinea Pig in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among São Paulo's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in January.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shiny Guinea Pig sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only São Paulo, in our data
São Paulo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Shiny Guinea Pig sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shiny Guinea Pig is recorded against all the mammals logged in São Paulo (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
