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MammalMAP:   4005
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318AD
Observer:   Aronson Jonathan; Stacey Jordaan, Joel Avni
Date of record:   2012-11-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   The animal was photographed crossing a road between two fields.
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:   Common mole rat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-4005
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4005 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-03 10:12:02
Species name:   Cryptomys hottentotus -- Southern African Mole-rat; Common Mole-rat
Species code:   151470
Comment number:   2
By:   Tali Hoffman
Comment:   Suggested by Gonzalo Aguilar to be B. suillus
Date:   2014-07-30 12:44:26
Species name:   Bathyergus suillus -- Cape Dune Mole-rat; Cape Dune Mole-rat
Species code:   151400

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