Happy #GuineaPigAppreciationDay!
Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) are social, vocal #rodents descended from wild South American species. They’re herbivores with continuously growing teeth and a unique digestive system that includes coprophagy!
#Rodentia #Caviidae #SciComm
fig. 4. — Skull and mandible of Orocaviaandina n. comb. MACN-Pv 8350 (holotype): A-E, skul; F-H, mandible. A, dorsal view; B, C, lateral view; D, ventral view; E, posterior view; F, labial view; G, medial view; H, lower dental series. Abbreviations: ap, paraoccipital apophysis; Atl, atlas; bty, tympanic bulla; cnv, ventral nuchal crest; coe, occipital external crest; df,dorsal fossa; Ect, ectotympanic; fal, alar foramen of the atlas; fit, infratympanic fenestra; fmpt, mesopterigoid fossa; Fr, frontal; hc, horizontal crest; I, incisive, ias,incisive alveolar sheath; Lc, lacrimal; mae, external auditory meatus; Mx, maxillary; m1, first molar; m2,second molar, m3, third molar; Na, nasal; nMpi, masseter medialis pars infraor-bitalis muscle; Pa, parietal; pet, petrous or epitympanic sinus; Pmp, mastoid portion of petrous; Pmx, premaxilla; pnf, nasal process of frontal; pgl, postglenoid foramen; p4 fourth premolar; Soc, supraoccipital; Sq, squamosal; tf, foramen for ramus temporalis.
Redescription of a small #Caviidae (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from the Neogene of northwestern #Argentina & its systematic implications
María Carolina MADOZZO-JAÉN, María ENCARNACIÓN PÉREZ 🧪⚒️ sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiqu...
