Cavia porcellus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Domestic Guinea Pig

Lateral view of skeleton crouching. Also as Guinea Pig|Domestic Cavy|Cavy.
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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Parvorder : Caviomorpha
Superfamily : Cavioidea
Family : Caviidae
Subfamily : Caviinae
Genus : Cavia

Species status

Living
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033870

Original name as described

Mus Porcellus

Other common names

Guinea Pig · Domestic Cavy · Cavy

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Pernambuco, Brazil (questionable).

Country distribution

Domesticated

Taxonomy notes

domestic form of C. tschudii

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001195

Country distribution map

No distribution data available.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 19 names and synonyms.

Mus Porcellus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

porcellus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033870

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)

Cavia cobaya

Pallas, 1766

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cobaya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320990

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

  1. Leske (1779:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  2. Boddaert (1785:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Gmelin (1788:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Kerr (1792:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  5. Borkhausen (1797:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  6. Cuvier (1797:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  7. Daudin (1802:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  8. Turton (1802:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Wolf (1808:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  10. Goldfuss (1809:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  11. Fischer (1813:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  12. Ranzani (1820:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27808045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  13. Goldfuss (1820:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  14. Schinz (1821:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  15. Desmarest (1822:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  16. Lesson (1827:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  17. Burnett (1830:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  18. Burmeister (1837:807, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  19. Rochebrune (1843:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32688923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56971)
  20. Tschudi (1844:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  21. Gervais (1850:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61633)
  22. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  23. Blyth (1863:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  24. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  25. Fitzinger (1867:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  26. Frantzius (1869:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  27. Parsons (1894:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)
  28. Elera (1895:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  29. Alfaro (1897:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  30. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cavia Porcellus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Caviidae

Root name

porcellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873146

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Lesson (1842:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Gistel (1848:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  6. Trouessart (1897:637, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  7. Lahille (1899:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  8. Trouessart (1904:525, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  9. Allen (1911:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16009)
  10. Thomas (1916:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)
  11. Weber (1928:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  12. Flower (1932:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  13. Hershkovitz (1959:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34374)
  14. Shidlovskiy (1962:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1980:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  16. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  17. Woods (1993:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  18. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  19. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #200000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #200000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Savia cobaya

Treviranus, 1802

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cobaya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026077

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

  1. Treviranus (1802:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  2. Treviranus (1803:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Cavia Cobaia

F. S. Voigt, 1819

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cobaia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

416

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

  1. Voigt (1819:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  2. Eichwald (1831:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  3. Smith (1842:309, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Crespon (1844:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)

Cavia Cobaja

Hemprich, 1820

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cobaja

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Hemprich (1820:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)

Cavia cobarga

J. E. Gray, 1821

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cobarga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

304

Authority publication

London Medical Repository

Name usages

Gray (1821:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)

Gryza porcellus

(Billberg, 1827)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

porcellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Billberg (1827:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)

Cavia Aperea Porcellus

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Caviidae

Root name

porcellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Anæma cobaïa

(G. Cuvier, 1833)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cobaia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232923

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Cuvier (1833:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)

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