WURID.K. CAVIA. 1«»7 



Cavia capybara, Blattw., Oateog. (i. Cavia, pi. 1 (skeleton), p] 2 



(skull and dentition). 

 Cabiai, Buff., Hist. Nat. xii. p. 434. pi. 50 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 6 



(/. Skull: imperfect. 1 m_ . , . 



•6. Skull: adult. / lr °l ,ltaI Aniei,lca - 



<l. Skeleton: bones separate. 1 Fr " n V th ° Zoolo §' ical S^f» Col- 

 c. Skeleton: mounted. J lwtl0U - 



CAVIA. 



Teeth :— Incisors £ ; Molars ^;=20. 



4-4 ■ 



The Cavy or Guinea Pig. Cavia aperea. 



TPaterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm, ii. pp. 161, 184, 185. pis. 4, 16 (teeth). 

 Cavia cobaya, Pander unci IS Alton, Vergl. Osteol. pi. 8 m (skull). — 



Blainv., Osteug. G. Cavia, pi. 11 (skulls, adult and young). 

 Cavia porcellus, Owen, Odont. pi. 104. fig. 4 (dentition). 

 Cochou d'Inde, Buff., Hist. Nat. viii. pi. 5 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 6 



a. Skull: female. London. Presented bv Mr. J. Baker. 



*b. Skull. 



c, d. Skulls : male. "] 



f Sk 11- 1 ' I S. Germany. From Dr. A. Gimther's Collection. 



(j. Skull : female. J 



h. Skull. S. America. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



('. Skull. Peru? — Cavia cutleri, King. The specimen described by- 

 Mr. Waterhouse in Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. pp. 192-196. pi. 10. 

 %. 7. 



j. ? Skull. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



/,-. Skeleton : male. England. 



/. Skeleton: female. England. 



m. Skull. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



n. Skull. 



o. Skull. Pallia. From the Zoological Society's Collection. — Cavia 

 flaviventer, Waterh. MSS. 



/'. Skull. St. Catherine, Brazils. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



