MCZ Mammalogy 13202

Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1912-01-01/1912-12-31

South America: Peru | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:13202 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 porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: specimen tag
Cavia cutleri Bennett, 1836 linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • original number: 3

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial skeleton (dry) soil stained. R femur pathological, broken midshaft, distal part missing. Missing R tibia/fibula, patellae, sternum, caudal vertebrae. No feet with skeleton, 3 metapodials only. L fibula broken. R pelvis ilium damaged. 1 rib broken. All epiphyses missing in collection 1 History (5)
skin (mounted) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) soil stained. All teeth separate; 1 cheek tooth missing. Turbinates damaged. Mandibles disarticulated, L angular process damaged, 2 holes in R ramus. Skull sutures loose in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
age class subadult By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: skull sutures, epiphyseal fusion 2025-01-27

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Peru
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000056 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Peru
  • Georeference:
  • -9.9567190°, -75.250000° (Error radius: 1096973m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-04 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1912-01-01 / 1912-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1912
  • Collector:
  • William E. Castle

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 13202; 13203; 13204; 13205; 13206; 13207; 13208; 13209; 13210; 13211; 13212; 13213; 13214; 13215; 13216; 13217; 13218; 13219; 13220; 13221; 13222; 13223; 13224; 13225; 13201 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 010001-015975, pg.93;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:13202 Cavia porcellus to MCZ:Mamm:1320...

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