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MammalMAP:   4579
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3419AA
Observer:   Goemans Peter
Date of record:   2013-02-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   195840
Species name:   Atilax paludinosus
Common name:   Marsh Mongoose -- Water Mongoose
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ???
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-4579
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4579 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   not really sure what is going on in this photo, but looks like a mongoose with its tail in the air. possible water mongoose??
Date:   2013-12-03 10:57:29
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   Agree on the possibility, but cannot see enough for a positive ID.
Date:   2018-02-10 15:32:13
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Long hair on body and bushy tail
Date:   2018-04-26 11:21:09
Species name:   Atilax paludinosus -- Marsh Mongoose; Water Mongoose
Species code:   195840

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