MCZ Special Collections 1189

Cavia cobaya

Date Collected:

1904-06-01/1904-06-30

[no higher geography data] | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Caviidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: guinea pig

Minot 1905, page 514, Figured of Cavia Pallas, 1766 Trans.
Bremer 1909, page 336, Figured of Cavia cobaya Reconstruction, sections 230-256
Media type: text; Minot 1905 Description: Link to Article - gov. access;

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Shows Publication: Minot 1905 Description: Link to Article - gov. access

  • other number: 2017
  • previous number: HEC-770

Part Condition Disposition Count
histological serial section (histological slide) fair on loan 65 History (5)
Remarks: Series A-BN; staining blurring text
section fixation = Zenker's fluid  
section plane = transverse   remark=(of uterus)  
section stain = Borax carmine, Lyon blue  
section thickness = 10 microns  
histological serial section (histological slide) fair on loan 1 History
Remarks: This part added to represent the specimen in this container. Count not necessarily accurate.
section fixation = Zenker's fluid  
section plane = transverse   remark=(of uterus)  
section stain = Borax carmine, Lyon blue  
section thickness = 10 microns  

Attribute Value Determination On
specimen length 8.2 mm [no agent data]
stage description unknown [no agent data]

  • None

  • Is near an embryo of 8.2 mm., the size of the second embryo in the same uterine horn.; Series A-BN; staining blurring text

  • None

  • Continent:
  • [no higher geography data]
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [no verbatim locality data]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
  • Collecting Method:
  • unknown
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1904-06-01 / 1904-06-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Prepared:1904-VI
  • Collector:
  • None

Media type: text; Special Collections 1189 Description: Specimen Card;

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Ledger Entry for: MCZ:SC:1189 Cavia cobaya Figured Description: Specimen Ca...

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