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MammalMAP:   22901
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318CD
Observer:   Underhill LG
Date of record:   2017-11-19
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   About 25 cm long. Presumably drowned by falling into the canal alongside Keert De Koe (road in Rondebosch)
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:   Mole
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-22901
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 22901 - photo: 1
VM-number: 22901 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Short claws, head same colour as body
Date:   2017-11-21 03:40:18
Species name:   Cryptomys hottentotus -- Southern African Mole-rat; Common Mole-rat
Species code:   151470

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