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Lidén Number 62
Respondent: Johan Justus Nauman (1735-1778)
Title: ... de Mure Indico ...
Date of Defense: 20 {18} November {December} 1754
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-23, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Mus indicus.
Soulsby Title: Mus ind.
Drake Title: Mure Indico.
Note: Of three copies, one has the date corrected in
Abstract: A zoological account of the guinea pig, Cavea porcellus, of the Guianas and Brazil. Linnaeus first placed it in the genus Mus and later in Cavea as C. cobaga in Systema naturae (ed. 13, 1767).