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MammalMAP:   12917
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929BD
Observer:   Scott S.L.
Date of record:   2011-02-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   I found this young bushpig dead in its burrow. I had seen the mom and her babies briefly before running through the forest. This burrow was made under a fallen tree at the forest edge.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   207780
Species name:   Potamochoerus larvatus koiropotamus
Common name:   Bush-pig (subspecies koiropotamus)
Family:   Suidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bushpig
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-12917
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12917 - photo: 1
VM-number: 12917 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2015-02-03 13:26:20
Species name:   Potamochoerus larvatus -- Bush-pig; Bushpig
Species code:   207740

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