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Capybaras resemble the cavy and the guinea pig. Capybaras are short-haired brownish rodents with blunt snouts, short legs, small ears, and almost no tail. They are shy and associate in groups along the banks of lakes and rivers.
Wombats - Australia's incredibly cute, chubby marsupials
Like their closest living relatives (koalas), they're mostly found in the eastern part of Australia.
Native to South America, they are common pets in Australia and America with over 11 recognised breeds including the White-Crested, Rex, Silky and Abyssinian. Guinea pigs are usually very friendly and are a little easier to handle than rabbits.
Numbat. This fantastic little marsupial is also one of Australia's rarest. Numbats are about the size of a large squirrel, with a pointed nose, striped rump, and bushy tail.
Muskrat
Although they do not have the bushy tails that squirrels are known for, the body structure of a muskrat resembles that of a squirrel so much that people often mistake one for the other. People also mistake muskrats for rats.
Bandicoots. These marsupials may look like rats with their spiky snouts and skinny tails, but the bandicoots found in Australia are thought to be closer in kinship to rabbits.
Guinea Pig Classification
They are members of the family Caviidae, which is most closely related to capybara and mara.
Rabbits, guinea pigs go wild in Perth suburbs amid concerns numbers could get out of control. Abandoned rabbits and guinea pigs roaming free in some of Perth's suburbs have been "breeding like rabbits" with the burden falling on volunteers to round them up before numbers get out of control.
Cats, dogs and other common pets
There are no restrictions on cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rats, mice and axolotl (walking fish).
Quokka. Meet the Aussie animal that's as cute as it is rare. Only found in small numbers in the south-west corner of Western Australia, the quokka looks like a cat-sized kangaroo — but they're more friendly than your average roo, happy to bound up to humans for a selfie (even tennis ace Roger Federer posed for one!).
The smiling marsupial is a favorite photo subject for tourists on West Australia's Rottnest Island. Until recently, many people outside of Australia had never heard of thequokka, a Muppet-cute (despite its beady eyes and rat's tail) marsupial with an irresistible smile.
Cavies and guinea pigs look similar. They have rounded bodies, short legs, large heads, no tails, and short necks. Maras look like a little bit like hares. They have long legs, and their rear legs are longer than their front legs.
Originally thought to be a pig of some sort, we now know that the capybara is a rodent, closely related to cavies and guinea pigs. Water pig. Africa has hippos, and the Americas have capybaras!
They're closely related to guinea pigs and rock cavies, and more distantly related to chinchillas and agouti. Like beavers, capybaras are strong swimmers. Their pig-shaped bodies are adapted for life in bodies of water found in forests, seasonally flooded savannas, and wetlands.
Currently only dogs, cats, rabbits, horses and selected species of birds from approved countries may be imported as pets and only when strict conditions are met. No other vertebrate animals are approved for import into Australia as pets.
Ian Douglas, senior veterinarian with the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, says it`s not illegal.
The most common species of guineafowl in Australia is the helmeted guineafowl. The female will lay up to 20 eggs that take about 28 days to hatch.
cavy, (family Caviidae), any of 14 species of South American rodents comprising guinea pigs, maras, yellow-toothed cavies, mountain cavies, and rock cavies. All except the maras have robust bodies, short limbs, large heads and eyes, and short ears.
A peccary is a medium-sized animal, with a strong resemblance to a pig. Like a pig, it has a snout ending in a cartilaginous disc and eyes that are small relative to its head. Also like a pig, it uses only the middle two digits for walking, although, unlike pigs, the other toes may be altogether absent.
Capybaras have short legs and an oblong body without a visible tail. Their bodies are covered with sparse rough fur that can range from reddish brown to light brown. Their head is large and elongated with a blunt muzzle. Capybaras have strong big incisors specialized for cutting grass, that grow continuously.
The quokka, a small marsupial native to Australia, is one such example of a species vulnerable to extinction in the country's harsh surroundings. Known as the “happiest animal in the world” due to its cute and friendly appearance, these creatures are now only found in a few isolated forests and small islands.
In the mid-2010s, quokkas earned a reputation on the internet as "the world's happiest animals" and symbols of positivity, as frontal photos of their faces make them appear to be smiling (they do not, in fact "smile" in the human sense; this can be attributed to their natural facial structures).
One animal that is sometimes seen and mistaken for a rat is in fact a small carnivorous marsupial - the Antechinus. While there are several species of Antechinus in Australia, they share several traits in common, which, taken together, can set them apart from rodents such as rats and mice.