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MammalMAP:   18213
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CD
Observer:   Jenkins Paul and Cathy
Date of record:   2016-05-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   hard to be sure of species given the amount of decay and predation, but observed a disturbing number of dead Cape fox on the road from Vosberg to Carnarvon
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   199389
Species name:   Vulpes sp.
Common name:   Foxes
Family:   Canidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape fox / Vulpes chama
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-18213
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18213 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Perhaps rather Bat-eared Fox? Colour of body, tail and lower legs; hair on body and tail long
Date:   2017-01-13 22:40:42
Species name:   Vulpes sp. -- Foxes
Species code:   199389

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