Record details

:   7371
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418AB
Observer:   Kilpin A.G.
Date of record:   2013-08-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   seen foraging next to the tar road in the mid-late afternoon!
Last updated:   2022-09-29 15:29:30
Sp. code:   151400
Species name:   Bathyergus suillus
Common name:   Cape Dune Mole-rat -- Cape Dune Mole-rat
Family:   Bathyergidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape Dune Molerat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-7371
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2013-10-16 10:24:07
Species name:   Cryptomys hottentotus -- Southern African Mole-rat; Common Mole-rat
Species code:   151470
Comment number:   2
By:   Vaughan Jessnitz
Comment:  
Date:   2013-10-22 11:44:32
Species name:   Bathyergus suillus -- Cape Dune Mole-rat; Cape Dune Mole-rat
Species code:   151400

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