MCZ Mammalogy 10574

Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1867-10-25/1902-10-27

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10574 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: ♀7

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked missing 1 History (3)
Remarks: not found 2004, 2025
skull (dry) rostrum greasy. LI, Ri and Li separate; RI broken. R paraoccipital process chipped. Damage to ventral aspect of R zygomatic arch. Coronoid process of R mandible chipped in collection 1 History (3)

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

  • Skin not found, 2004, 2025. Great great grandmother of MCZ 12298 four times over (MCZ 10574 was dam of four of MCZ 12298's great 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
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1867-10-25 / 1902-10-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • lower end of date collected range set to collector's DOB, upper end set to date specimen received by MCZ collections. 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)

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