| UNSTANDARDISED BREEDS |
| There are quite a few different breeds of cavies which are not exhibited in Australia - yet are standardised overseas. Below are a number of these breeds, with a brief description. (All photographs and information courtesy of Crystal Cavy Stud, UK) |
| THE FOX This is a one of newer breeds overseas. It has either a black, chocolate, lilac, slate or beige body colour. The belly, eye circles, top of ears, nose, inside of legs and inside of ears are white in colour. |
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| THE MARTIN SABLE This breed is very similar to the Fox, with the expection that rather than being a self colour (such as black or chocolate), it is a Sable colour. To view the |
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| THE TAN I dont have any information on this breed, but far as I know, it is similar to an agouti, but without the ticking - meaning that it has one solid colour on top, with another solid colour on the stomach including bonnet strings. |
| THE HIMALAYAN (aoc) |
| THE PINK EYED CREAM The cream standard states for dark / ruby eyes. This breed, sometimes called the ivory, has pink eyes. |
| THE SOLID AGOUTI This breed is very similar to the agouti, with the exception that it has the agouti ticking covering the entire body, including the stomach. |
| THE SOMALI This unusual looking breed is actually an abysinnian with a rex coat - a cross between the two breeds. |
| THE SKINNY PIG / BALDWIN Known by these two names, this is a guinea pig, without fur! However, some have a small patch on their faces. The skin can be any colour - any markings. Their skin is said to have a warm feel, but these cavies can suffer from dried skin - so that needs to be watched. |
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| BACK TO MALIBU PIGSHED BACK TO CAVY BREEDS AND STANDARD |
| THE RIDGEBACK Like the dog, this breed has a ridge alongs its back and comes in any colour pattern. The ridge is meant to start between the ears - and be all the way down the spine. |
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| ABOVE A pair of young black foxs |
| ABOVE An adult martin |
| LEFT This is an example of a lilac/tan - with lilac on top, and the tan on the stomach |
| As the name suggests, this breed is the same as the chocolate or black himalayans, but have a different self colour points. |
| ABOVE A beige himalayan (left) as well as a self beige. |
| **NEW AND IMPROVED FORMAT** |
| ABOVE A pink eyed cream (which also happens to be crested) |
| THE LILAC SABLE This breed has the same marking pattern as the regular sable, but is lilac in colour rather than chocolate / beige. |
| ABOVE A lilac sable cavy |
| ABOVE A solid agouti cavy |
| ABOVE ABOVE Side view of a ridgeback Top view of a ridgeback (photos courtesy of Nicole Johnson, Bivoir Cavy Stud, NSW Australia) |
| RIGHT A red somali cavy |
| ABOVE A "baldwin" cavy |
| ABOVE A "baldwin" cavy |
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| Sable standard click here. |
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| RIGHT a line-up of the 5 colour variations recognised in the USA beige, lilac, slate, chocolate and black (photo courtest of Tracy Iverson, Iverson's Stud, USA) LEFT 2 Chocolate Tans (photo courtesy of Tracy Iverson) |