MCZ Mammalogy 10474

Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1902-02-22

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10474 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 Pallas, 1766
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: domestic guinea pig
Cavia cobaya
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • other number: ♂A

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked missing 1 History (3)
Remarks: not found 2004, 2025
skull (dry) rostrum greasy. LI broken, piece in gel cap. Sphenoid wings damaged around foramina ovale. L paraoccipital process chipped. Angular process and coronoid process of L mandible chipped in collection 1 History (4)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
age class adult By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: of reproductive age 2025-01-23

  • Skin not found, 2004, 2025. Great grandfather of MCZ 12298 four times over (MCZ 10474 sired MCZ 12298's grandparents)

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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:
  • 1902-02-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 22 Feb 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 10451; 10452; 10453; 10454; 10455; 10456; 10457; 10458; 10459; 10460; 10461; 10462; 10463; 10464; 10465; 10466; 10467; 10468; 10469; 10470; 10471; 10472; 10473; 10474; 10475 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 010001-015975, pg.19;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:10451 Uroderma bilobatum convexum to M...

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