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MammalMAP:   325
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3218CC
Observer:   During Jackie
Date of record:   2011-08-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   This is only the second time in 10 years of living on the West Coast I have spotted this mongoose; the first time being only the week before on the road between Velddrif and Vredenburg, closer to Vredenburg, running across the road,
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   196940
Species name:   Herpestes ichneumon
Common name:   Egyptian Mongoose -- Large Grey Mongoose
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Large Grey Mongoose
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-325
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 325 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2011-08-13 08:04:20
Species name:   Herpestes ichneumon -- Egyptian Mongoose; Large Grey Mongoose
Species code:   196940
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2011-08-13 17:19:26
Species name:   Herpestes ichneumon -- Egyptian Mongoose; Large Grey Mongoose
Species code:   196940

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