There's more types of guinea pigs (or Cavy) than what you see in G-Force.  If your new to the idea of "There's more than meets the eye", you may be asking "how many are there?".  Numerically there are thirteen official breeds, and two non-official breeds.  What i mean by official is for it to be a breed it has to be identified as a breed by the "American Rabbits Breeder Association" or 'ARBA'.

                     Pointy, pointy, pointy.  One of my favorite guinea pigs the Abyssinian.

           This little cavy gets it's spikes from the rosettes or points where the hair go's separate ways.


                       Spiky shiny, spiky shiny, spiky shiny.  A glossy haired Abyssinian.
     

    This is no different than a regular Abyssinian other than glossy hair of course.  In fact there are four other satin breeds.  (satin- saa-tin)


                                         Same old, same old stereotypical American.

     I just love these guinea pigs, as a breeder I can say this guinea pig is not high maintenance, (same as the Abyssinian).  Aside from maintenance it's a plain nothing special cavy.  On the other hand, color may vary.

                                                        Shiny stereotypical American

                                                             Yep, another shiny pig.

                                                Who put curlers on  a cavy?!  Texel Cavy

          This is my favorite cavy!  It's so curly.  Maintenance is a little different from Americans and               Abyssinian's.  You may have to give it more baths than other pigs.



                                                    Long haired guinea pig, or Peruvian

                                Peruvians sometimes need curlers in their hair, but it's worth it.



                                                                      Peruvian Satin

                                                   


                                                                           Teddy
                                                                     

                                            This cavy has rough hair that you pet backwards.
                               

                                                     
                                                                      Teddy Satin
                                                                 

                   


                                                                        Silkie

                                      Much like a Peruvian but you know where the head is.


                                         
                                                                    Silkie Satin

                                                                       Coranet
                                                       

                                                  Almost like the Silkie but shorter hair.


                                                             
                                                                White Crested

                          Sort of like an American Satin, but with a rosette on the top of it's head.










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