Record details

MammalMAP:   33958
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530BC
Observer:   Giles Mulholland
Date of record:   2011-12-16
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   [Both photos] adult (not 100% sure that this was not a feral cat; an even more likely wild one was seen but not photographed at the top of reserve; never caught on game camera)
Last updated:   2020-10-14 16:20:04
Sp. code:   192070
Species name:   Felis silvestris
Common name:   Wildcat -- African Wild Cat
Family:   Felidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ~Felis silvestris
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-33958
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 33958 - photo: 1
VM-number: 33958 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Giles Mulholland
Comment:   ~Felis silvestris
Date:   2020-10-14 11:44:03
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Approved as African Wildcat, for research purposes.
Date:   2020-10-14 16:20:04
Species name:   Felis silvestris -- Wildcat; African Wild Cat
Species code:   192070

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