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MammalMAP:   24162
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AA
Observer:   Tenner Esme
Date of record:   2018-03-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   About 10cm in lenght, excl the tail.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   151470
Species name:   Cryptomys hottentotus
Common name:   Southern African Mole-rat -- Common Mole-rat
Family:   Bathyergidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mole
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-24162
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 24162 - photo: 1
VM-number: 24162 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Brownish whithout pale markings on the head exclude the Silvery Mole-Rat (or Silky Blesmol or Imfuko). Sometimes treated as a separate species - Zambian mole-rat -- Fukomys amatus
Date:   2018-04-08 07:51:54
Species name:   Cryptomys hottentotus -- Southern African Mole-rat; Common Mole-rat
Species code:   151470

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