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MammalMAP:   12494
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1333DD
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   2014-12-26
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   have seen the adults, first sighting of babies today
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   136500
Species name:   Cricetomys ansorgei
Common name:   Southern Giant Pouched Rat
Family:   Nesomyidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   pouched rat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-12494
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12494 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Some sources still treat C. ansorgei as a sub-specie of Cricetomys gambianus
Date:   2018-04-27 04:37:36
Species name:   Cricetomys ansorgei -- Southern Giant Pouched Rat
Species code:   136500

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