Guinea Pig Breeds

Are guinea pigs pigs and are they related to pigs at all?

Even if you’ve seen or owned one of these when you were a child, you’ve always wondered why they are called guinea pigs. Well, to answer your question, NO, they’re not a subspecies of pigs, and surprisingly to most of the folks, they don’t come from Guinea. Wait, what? Are they related to pigs at all? That’s exactly how I felt when I found out, so I had to find the answer. When it comes...