MCZ Mammalogy 12298

Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1905-02-08

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:12298 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 Identification
Cavia Pallas, 1766 sp.
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • other number: ♂981

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) skin a bit greasy. Hole in chest/throat area. Overall good condition in collection 1 History (3)
skull (dry) rostrum & mandibles greasy. Turbinates damaged. L medial pterygoid plate chipped. Overall good condition in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
age class adult By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: of reproductive age 2025-01-21
unformatted measurements Dutch-marked variety By: William E. Castle

  • Domesticated, died in confinement. See W. E. Castle files--ancestry tree. Great grandchild of MCZ 10474, great great grandchild of MCZ 10574

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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:
  • died in confinement
  • Locality Remarks:
  • In captivity.
  • Collecting Source:
  • lab colony/lab reared
  • Collected On:
  • 1905-02-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • died 8 Feb 1905
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • DOD migrated from original skin tag. William E. Castle bred guinea pigs and other small mammals in captivity as part of his genetics research at the MCZ from 1900-1907. On skin tag: "One of W. E. Castle's experimental things"
  • Collector:
  • William E. Castle

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 12276; 12277; 12278; 12279; 12280; 12281; 12282; 12283; 12284; 12285; 12286; 12296; 12297; 12298; 12299; 12300; 12287; 12288; 12289; 12290; 12291; 12292; 12293; 12294; 12295 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 010001-015975, pg.56;

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