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Excerpt from The Origin of a Polydactylous Race of Guinea-Pigs Previous to the birth of this polydactylous guinea-pig, I had never seen a fourth digit on the hind foot of a guinea-pig, nor heard of its occurrence either among wild or domesticated Caviidae, and I am unable to find any reference to such a character in the literature of the group. But I have since found that the extra-toe does occur not infrequently among guinea pigs in an imperfectly developed condition, and I have twice since Obtained animals of this sort from breeders. From the progeny of the single poly dactylous individual born in June, 1901, a well - established race of four-toed guinea - pigs has now been formed. An account of how this was done, it is hoped, may be of value as bearing on the origin of breeds.18 origin OF A polydactylous race OF guinea - pigs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.