Z LEAFLET 2 52, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



scattered over the body and head (fig. 2) ; the Peruvian, with long fine 

 silky hair spread over the head, face, and body (fig. 3) ; and the 

 Peruvian Silky, having short hair on the head and face, but long- 

 hair on the body. 



The different color patterns may be represented in all of these 

 varieties. The recognized color patterns are : (1) A solid color known 

 as self color. (2) Dutch marked, a dark color or any of the shades of 



Figure 2. — Rough-haired black guinea pig. 



Figure 3. — Long-haired albino guinea pig. 



red or tan, with white. The separation between white and colored 

 areas should be distinct, with no colored hairs appearing in the white 

 areas. (3) The Himalayan, with white body and black nose, ears, and 

 feet. (4) Tortoise-shell, with dark and tan spots more or less equal 

 and well distributed over the body. The patches should be distinctly 

 separated with no intermingling of the hairs of different colors. (5) 

 Tortoise-and-white or tricolor, the tortoise-shell pattern in two pre- 



