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MammalMAP:   27267
Province:   southern
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1725DC
Observer:   Preston Linda
Date of record:   2019-02-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Believed a young male, Thick Tailed Bushbaby or Greater Galago. Unfortunately electrocuted itself jumping from a tree to the power line/pole in the back garden. It was still warm when found this morning, so a recent death. Transferred to Livingstone Museum for research purposes.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   110190
Species name:   Otolemur crassicaudatus
Common name:   Brown Greater Galago -- Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Family:   Galagidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Thick Tailed Bushbaby
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-27267
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 27267 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2019-02-06 22:10:17
Species name:   Otolemur crassicaudatus -- Brown Greater Galago; Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Species code:   110190

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