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Shipton's mountain cavy

Microcavia shiptoni (Thomas, 1925)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) is a species in the family Caviidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 185 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the shipton's mountain cavy

Weight
185 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
54 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
3.16src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the shipton's mountain cavy live?

Not recorded

What is the shipton's mountain cavy?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

From the Wikipedia article “Shipton's mountain cavy” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shipton%27s_mountain_cavy&oldid=1373882541), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the shipton's mountain cavy endangered?

The shipton's mountain cavy is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the shipton's mountain cavy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyCaviidae
  6. genusMicrocavia
  7. SpeciesMicrocavia shiptoni (Thomas, 1925)

Synonyms Nanocavia shiptoni

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Shipton s mountain cavyEnglish
  • Shipton’s mountain cavyEnglish
  • كابياء صغيرة شيبونيةArabic
  • morčátko andskéCzech
  • Shipton-ZwergmeerschweinchenGerman
  • Cuis andinoSpanish
  • tucumaninaavikkomarsuFinnish
  • Cobaye de montagne de ShiptonFrench
  • シプトンヤマクイJapanese
  • 시프턴산캐비Korean
  • kawiaczka skalnaPolish
  • Горная свинка ШиптонаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the shipton's mountain cavy

Other species in the same genus Microcavia.

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Common questions

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How big is the shipton's mountain cavy?

An adult shipton's mountain cavy weighs 185 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the shipton's mountain cavy endangered?

The shipton's mountain cavy is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long is the shipton's mountain cavy pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 54 days.

What kind of animal is the shipton's mountain cavy?

The shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) belongs to the family Caviidae in the order Rodentia.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/shiptons-mountain-cavy

MLA

“Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/shiptons-mountain-cavy.

BibTeX
@misc{shiptons_mountain_cavy_2026,
  title = {Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/shiptons-mountain-cavy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}