Guinea Pigs

Genesis 1:24
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”

Few animals are as adorable in appearance as the guinea pig. They are found in as many varieties in your pet store as rabbits. Indeed, they can often be kept in the same enclosures as rabbits and have traditionally been bred and domesticated for the same uses: as pets, for medical research and for food.

Guinea pigs are descended from Peruvian cavies. The cavy kind or baramin (Caviidae) consists of six genera and 18 species which are all, nevertheless, part of the one created kind. The baramin includes the long-legged mara. Because of recent molecular data, the capydara is also now considered to be part of this baramin, though it has been removed and restored a couple of times in the history of this classification.

Cavies are considered to be rodents, along with rats, and mice. Rodents are recognized by their pairs of continuously growing, razor-sharp, open-rooted incisors, which they need constantly to wear away. The rodent order classification is convenient for creationists, but, unlike evolutionists, we do not think that all rodents had a common ancestor.

Whenever we refer to baramins of modern animals, we are suggesting that all the included species are descended from a single pair that were on board the Ark. This is not evolution, because the development of these species has been within an existing gene pool. God created cavies, with a rich gene pool, to enable them to adapt to various environments, before and after the Flood.

Prayer: Thank You, Lord, for all Your creatures. Thank You that they give You pleasure, and we take pleasure in their presence as well. Amen.

Author: Paul F. Taylor

Ref: University of Otago. “Origins of the beloved guinea pig.” ScienceDaily, 16 June 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200616100818.htm>. Image: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported.

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