Happy Ancestor Month Piggies & Pals! 🐹 🤎 🤎 🤎 🌿 🥕

Everyone's ancestry is interesting, but guinea pigs also have a wheeking fascinating genealogy!

Guinea pigs may now rule the fleece-lined kingdoms of our homes, but their family story began in South America millions of years ago.

Their wild relatives include cavies, rock cavies, maras and even the enormous capybara, while today’s domestic guinea pig traces its ancestry to wild Andean cavies. From the mountains of the Andes and Columbian grasslands to a cozy pigloo with room service—quite an impressive family journey! ❤️

Wheek! Wheek!