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MammalMAP:   19130
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AD
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2016-09-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Xhariep Karroid Grassland. Attacked and killed sheep lamb, but chased off by ewe. Bite marks to throat close to each other and too small for adult. Head picked clean by Pied Crows. African Wild Cat or Serval cannot be ruled out as possible culprit.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   191588
Species name:   FAMILY Felidae
Common name:   Unidentified Felidae
Family:   Felidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Caracal caracal
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-19130
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 19130 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   Not able to make positive ID
Date:   2017-01-02 08:54:23
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Signs of a (wild) cat feeding on a lamb
Date:   2018-04-30 04:04:41
Species name:   FAMILY Felidae -- Unidentified Felidae
Species code:   191588

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