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MammalMAP:   13167
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2229DC
Observer:   van Huyssteen Ryan
Date of record:   2015-02-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Large rat. Recorded in forest.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   136500
Species name:   Cricetomys ansorgei
Common name:   Southern Giant Pouched Rat
Family:   Nesomyidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cricetomys gambianus gambianus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-13167
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13167 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13167 - photo: 2
VM-number: 13167 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Some sources still treat C. ansorgei as a sub-specie of Cricetomys gambianus
Date:   2018-04-27 18:14:40
Species name:   Cricetomys ansorgei -- Southern Giant Pouched Rat
Species code:   136500

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