MCZ Mammalogy 10575

Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1902-11-03

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Middlesex | Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10575 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Common Name(s): Domesticated Guinea Pig
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) ?
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Common Name(s): Domesticated Guinea Pig
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger
Cavia cobaya
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • other number: 61

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked missing 1 History (3)
Remarks: not found, 2025
skull (dry) rostrum greasy. Turbinates destroyed. L paraoccipital process chipped. Mild malocclusion in L cheek teeth, best visible in lower L premolar. L coronoid and L angular processes of mandible chipped. in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]

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  • Skin not found, 2025.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Middlesex
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002665 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • In captivity
  • Locality Remarks:
  • In captivity.
  • Collecting Source:
  • lab colony/lab reared
  • Collected On:
  • 1902-11-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 3 Nov 1902
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • William E. Castle bred guinea pigs and other small mammals in captivity as part of his genetics research at the MCZ from 1900-1907
  • Collector:
  • William E. Castle

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 10572; 10551; 10552; 10553; 10554; 10555; 10556; 10557; 10558; 10559; 10560; 10561; 10562; 10563; 10564; 10565; 10566; 10567; 10568; 10569; 10570; 10571; 10573; 10574; 10575 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 010001-015975, pg.23;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:10572 Sciurus carolinensis to MCZ:Mamm...

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