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MammalMAP:   24397
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1130CD
Observer:   Huchzermeyer Carl
Date of record:   2014-12-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Vlei rat on the right, marsh rat on the left.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   146420
Species name:   Dasymys incomtus
Common name:   Common Dasymys -- Water Rat
Family:   Muridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Vlei Rat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-24397
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 24397 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   African Marsh Rat (Common Dasymys) on the left, indicated by the red arrow. With Angoni vlei rat -- Otomys angoniensis on the right.
Date:   2018-05-14 16:23:50
Species name:   Dasymys incomtus -- Common Dasymys; Water Rat
Species code:   146420

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