Puaʻa Guinea

ʻO ka wehewehe nui o ka puaʻa guinea

ʻO nā puaʻa Guinea he liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā rodents. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino o kahi puaʻa guinea, ma muli o ka pua, mai 25 a 35 cm. ʻO ke kaumaha o ka puaʻa kāne kāne makua a hiki i ka 1 - 1,5 kg, ke kaumaha o ka wahine mai 800 a 1200 grams. Hiki ke kaumaha ke kino (me nā lālā pōkole) a i ʻole ka māmā (me nā lālā lōʻihi a lahilahi). He ʻāʻī pōkole ka puaʻa Guinea, he poʻo nui, he maka nui, a he lehelehe luna piha. Hiki i nā pepeiao ke pōkole a lōʻihi paha. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka huelo i kekahi manawa, akā i kekahi manawa hiki i ka lōʻihi o 5 cm. He oi a pōkole ka maiuu o ka puaʻa. He 4 manamana ma ka mua, 3 ma ka hope. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka lauoho o ka puaʻa guinea. Ma ke ʻano, ʻeleʻele-hinahina nā puaʻa guinea, ʻoi aku ka māmā o ka ʻōpū. Nui nā ʻano puaʻa guinea, no laila hiki i kēlā me kēia ke koho i kahi holoholona me ka lōʻihi, ke ʻano a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o ke kapa āna i makemake ai. ʻO nā hui o nā puaʻa guinea i hānai ʻia: 

• Pōkole (Smoothhaired, Selfies and Cresteds).
• Longhair (Texels, Peruvian, Sheltie, Angora, Merino, etc.)
• Wirehaired (American Teddy, Abyssinian, Rex a me nā mea ʻē aʻe)
• ʻO ka lauoho ʻole a i ʻole me ka huluhulu liʻiliʻi (ka ʻili, ka baldwin).

 ʻOkoʻa loa ka ʻokoʻa o nā puaʻa puaʻa home mai ko lākou ʻohana ʻāhiu ma ke ʻano kino: ʻoi aku ko lākou ʻano poepoe.