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MammalMAP:   19437
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3326AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2010-10-29
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Albany Broken Veld (open to dense, grassy karroid dwarf shrubland) and Southern Karoo Riviere (flooded shrub- and herbland)
Last updated:   2021-03-16 19:09:47
Sp. code:   197778
Species name:   FAMILY Canidae
Common name:   Unidentified Canidae
Family:   Canidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Canis mesomelas
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-19437
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 19437 - photo: 1
VM-number: 19437 - photo: 2
VM-number: 19437 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   John Power
Comment:   Actually looks more like aardwolf, but certainty not 100 % so wouldn't even confirm it.
Date:   2016-12-20 12:56:24
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Quoting Richard McKibbin: probable Black-backed Jackal (possibly domestic dog).
Date:   2021-03-16 19:09:47
Species name:   FAMILY Canidae -- Unidentified Canidae
Species code:   197778

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