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MammalMAP:   16116
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322CA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2007-03-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Succulent Karoo
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   151409
Species name:   Cryptomys sp.
Common name:   Mole-rats
Family:   Bathyergidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bathyergidae cf. Cryptomys hottentotus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-16116
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16116 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   Although likely to be Cryptomys hottentotus at this locality, it is not possible to positively identify the species, even to genus. Record should probably be deleted, for this reason.
Date:   2018-02-13 22:08:48
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2018-04-28 20:49:27
Species name:   Cryptomys sp. -- Mole-rats
Species code:   151409

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