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MammalMAP:   28773
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3420BC
Observer:   Beneke Marita; sole observer Hanneke Fourie Beneke
Date of record:   2019-07-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:26:28
Sp. code:   196300
Species name:   Herpestes pulverulentus
Common name:   Cape Gray Mongoose -- Small Grey Mongoose
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   unsure
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-28773
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 28773 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Tail thick and bushy from the base to the tip (the tail of Egyptian Mongoose/Large Grey Mongoose tapers out towards the brushy tip).
Date:   2019-07-09 07:23:39
Species name:   Herpestes pulverulentus -- Cape Gray Mongoose; Small Grey Mongoose
Species code:   196300

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