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Rare Varieties
A Rare Variety of Cavy is one that is classed by the British Cavy Council as not having reached the full standard required to compete in an open show.
These are the ' New' Varieties that are brought into the country or created by hard working breeders and they all strive to attain a full standard, they are catered for by the Rare Variety Cavy Club
They are split into Standards
GUIDE STANDARD BREEDS
The Slate
A Slate The Cavy on the left hand side is a Slate
The Tan
The tan was brought into the UK by Tony Cooke and introduced to the fancy in 2000
The Tan comes in many colours
A BlackTan
A Beautiful Black Tan from member Amanda Walker
The Fox
Is similar to the Tan, replacing the tan colour with white, it was also brought into the country by Tony Cooke
The Magpie & Harlequin
A Tri Colour Cavy Magpie ~ Black White & Black/White Mix
Harlequin ~ Black Cream & Black/Cream Mix
Magpies Harlequin
The Teddy
The Teddy
The Belted
The Belted
The P.E. Cream
P.E.Cream
The Ridgeback
Ridgebacks
STANDARDISED BREEDS
The Alpaca
Alpaca
The Argente
A Gold/Lilac Argente
The Brindle
A Brindle
The Bicolour
A Lilac Bicolour
The Satin
A Satin
The Tortoishell
A Tortoishell
The Tricolour
A Tricolour
NON STANDARDISED NEW EMERGING BREEDS
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The Somali Solid Agouti
The Somali A Solid Agouti Havana A Mosaic A Slate Otter Crested
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We still need a Sable picture, anyone got one?
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Irish Crested
Torty Tans
For Further Details Of These Breeds Check Out The Rare Varieties Cavy Club
http://www.geocities.com/rarecavies
Many thanks to the Winking Cavy Store & R.V.C.C. for letting us use some of these photos
