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MammalMAP:   7520
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531CC
Observer:   Wilson Peter Michael
Date of record:   2013-10-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Seen for first time on this date, not sure but I think it is a white tailed mongoose
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   197670
Species name:   Rhynchogale melleri
Common name:   Meller's Mongoose -- Meller's Mongoose
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mongoose
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-7520
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7520 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-03 06:17:07
Species name:   Ichneumia albicauda -- White-tailed Mongoose; White-tailed Mongoose
Species code:   197350
Comment number:   2
By:   John Power
Comment:   Im certain of the id - just for rest -wtm has taperin tail to a point, as is dark underneath not uniform like this one. This is not wtm & great record..
Date:   2013-12-13 11:32:02
Species name:   Rhynchogale melleri -- Meller's Mongoose; Meller's Mongoose
Species code:   197670

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