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MammalMAP:   16202
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2816DD
Observer:   Willemse Salome; Jerome Ainsley; Roger Dixon
Date of record:   2015-11-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   199410
Species name:   Vulpes chama
Common name:   Cape Fox -- Cape Fox
Family:   Canidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bat-eared fox
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-16202
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16202 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   Not too sure about this one, I will ask for a second opinion
Date:   2016-08-31 16:27:21
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Walter Jubber
Comment:   Colouration looks good for Vulpes chama - Cape Fox rather than Bat eared fox. Also shape and structure of the ears looks more like V. chama.
Date:   2016-12-06 18:04:59
Species name:   Vulpes chama -- Cape Fox; Cape Fox
Species code:   199410

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