Editing Guinea pig (section)

=== Latin name ===
The scientific name of the common species is ''Cavia porcellus'', with ''{{lang|la|[[wikt:porcellus|porcellus]]}}'' being [[Latin]] for "[[diminutive|little]] pig". ''Cavia'' is [[Neo-Latin]]; it is derived from ''cabiai'', the animal's name in the language of the [[Galibi]] tribes once native to [[French Guiana]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cavy |url=http://dictionary.oed.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625103623/http://dictionary.oed.com/ |archive-date=2006-06-25 |access-date=2007-04-25 |publisher=Oxford English Dictionary online (subscription access required)}}</ref> ''Cabiai'' may be an adaptation of the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] {{Lang|pt|çavia}} (now {{Lang|pt|savia}}), which is itself derived from the [[Tupian languages|Tupi]] word {{Lang|tup|saujá}}, meaning rat.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Definition of cavy |dictionary=Merriam-Webster Online |url=http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cavy |access-date=2007-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121221309/http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cavy |archive-date=2008-01-21}}</ref>