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The paca, or spotted cavy

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Animals -- C

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The paca, or spotted cavy
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Animals -- C

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1852
Topics
Paca
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Notes
Content: Written on border: "Cavy" Foxing on image. Printed on border: "Is an animal of the New World, who digs a burrow like a rabbit, to which he has been compared, though there is scarcely any likeness between these two animals; he is much larger than the rabbit, and even than the hare; he has a round head, and the snout short; he is fat and bulky, and by the form of his body he is more like a pig, as well as by grunting, waddling, and the manner of eating; for he does not use, as the rabbit does, his fore feet to carry food to his mouth; but grubs up the earth like the hog, to find his subsistence." Includes additional text.
Source note: The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, according to the classifications of Stark. (New York : Kearny, 1852) Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) (1805-1866), Editor.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17234007
Barcode: 33333159391149
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a15beda0-c533-012f-94c5-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1852: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "The paca, or spotted cavy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3575-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "The paca, or spotted cavy" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3575-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1852). The paca, or spotted cavy Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3575-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The paca, or spotted cavy