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MammalMAP:   36899
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3029AB
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2021-07-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Died pegged to barbed wire
Last updated:   2021-07-08 13:25:50
Sp. code:   205210
Species name:   Poecilogale albinucha
Common name:   African Striped Weasel -- African Weasel
Family:   Mustelidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ? Zorilla
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-36899
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 36899 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree with ID - black frons. (B.t.w. : the name "Zorilla" comes from the word "Zorro", which in Spanish means "Fox". Odd to imagine that 'n "Muishond"/ "Weasel" could be confused with a Fox.)
Date:   2021-07-08 13:25:50
Species name:   Poecilogale albinucha -- African Striped Weasel; African Weasel
Species code:   205210

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