Southern mountain cavy

Weight

286.1 g – 305.7 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

54.8 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.48src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

69.8 dayssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

4.25src 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

Not recorded

The southern 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyCaviidae
6. genusMicrocavia
7. SpeciesMicrocavia australis (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & d'Orbigny, 1833)

Synonyms Cavia australis, Microcavia australis australis

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@misc{southern_mountain_cavy_2026,
  title = {Southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-mountain-cavy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}