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MammalMAP:   23718
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2621DD
Observer:   Finn Kyle
Date of record:   2013-11-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Wild individual, but habituated to people. Had been seen for at least a year previously. Seen a few more times in 2013-14 (with an offspring as well), but not seen after the bad drought in 2015.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   196100
Species name:   Cynictis penicillata
Common name:   Yellow Mongoose -- Yellow Mongoose
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Yellow mongoose
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-23718
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23718 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2018-02-16 20:35:15
Species name:   Cynictis penicillata -- Yellow Mongoose; Yellow Mongoose
Species code:   196100

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