Genus

Mountain Cavies

Microcavia

1 species in our catalog · found in 1 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderRodentia (Rodents)
FamilyCaviidae (Cavies)
GenusMicrocavia (Mountain Cavies)

Species in this group

Microcavia australis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~70%

Jan

~80%

Feb

~40%

Mar

~70%

Apr

~20%

May

~70%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~60%

Aug

~40%

Sep

~40%

Oct

~60%

Nov

~70%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Mountain Cavies

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 2 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 1	~60%
	Southern Mountain Cavy			~60%

Mountain Cavies

Species in this group

Southern Mountain Cavy

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Mountain Cavies

Parks Ranked