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MammalMAP:   30622
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AA
Observer:   Darling G; Des and Jenni Darling
Date of record:   2020-01-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:26:28
Sp. code:   115996
Species name:   ORDER Rodentia
Common name:   Unidentified Rodentia
Family:  
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mouse, escapee ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-30622
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 30622 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Looks smaller than a House mouse. Colour unlike Steatomys pratensis - Fat mouse (13 cm). Possibly Mus minutoides -- Pygmy mouse (10 cm).
Date:   2020-01-12 14:39:27
Species name:   ORDER Rodentia -- Unidentified Rodentia
Species code:   115996

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