Record details

:   33911
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2020-10-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Its looks like the head had a white cap, but cannot be sure. Found dead in reserve.
Last updated:   2020-12-08 19:28:57
Sp. code:   105001
Species name:   CLASS Mammalia
Common name:   Unidentified Mammalia
Family:  
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Striped weasel or Striped polecat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-33911
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Eugene Anton Troskie
Comment:  
Date:   2020-10-13 14:06:10
Species name:   Poecilogale albinucha -- African Striped Weasel; African Weasel
Species code:   205210
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Striped Weasel has white from the forehead, across the crown and down the neck and has an all-white tail. This specimen shows a black-and white head and neck, as well as black-and-white tail.
Date:   2020-10-16 17:26:50
Species name:   Ictonyx striatus -- Striped Polecat; Striped Polecat
Species code:   202070

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