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MammalMAP:   1532
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418AB
Observer:   Hoffman T; Gilly and Rob Smith
Date of record:   2012-02-19
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Gilly Smith says: From the dried and old bones in another hole - whatever has been grazing rats up there has been doing so and marking a territory for a few years.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   195079
Species name:   Genetta sp.
Common name:   Genets
Family:   Viverridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Small spotted genet
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-1532
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1532 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1532 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1532 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-05-17 16:04:04
Species name:   Genetta genetta -- Common Genet; Small-spotted Genet
Species code:   195120
Comment number:   2
By:   Emmanuel Do Linh San
Comment:   This latrine could be from Genetta tigrina too. Better to ID as Genetta sp.
Date:   2016-06-04 23:40:27
Species name:   Genetta sp. -- Genets
Species code:   195079

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