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MammalMAP:   15438
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418AB
Observer:   Hofmeyr S; Florian Weller
Date of record:   2015-09-12
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Very large otter spraints, deposited in a curving line along the tar road, probably about 100m(?) from the river, although a very small, shallow stream was also running alongside the road at the time.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   201180
Species name:   Aonyx capensis
Common name:   African Clawless Otter -- Cape Clawless Otter
Family:   Mustelidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape Clawless Otter
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-15438
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15438 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15438 - photo: 2
VM-number: 15438 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Lategan
Comment:  
Date:   2015-09-17 08:13:38
Species name:   Aonyx capensis -- African Clawless Otter; Cape Clawless Otter
Species code:   201180

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