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Taxonomy
Mus porcellus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Cavia porcellus by Thomas (1911), Dunnum and Salazar-Bravo (2010) and Gava et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Cavia porcellus by Thomas (1911), Dunnum and Salazar-Bravo (2010) and Gava et al. (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mus porcellus Linnaeus p. 59 |
| 1766 | Cavia cobaya Pallas |
| 1911 | Cavia porcellus Thomas p. 146 |
| 2010 | Cavia porcellus Dunnum and Salazar-Bravo p. 384 |
| 2012 | Cavia porcellus Gava et al. p. 9 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Cavia porcellus Linnaeus 1758 [guinea pig]
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Invalid names: Cavia cobaya Pallas 1766 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||