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:   4959
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3125CC
Observer:   Holmes M
Date of record:   2013-03-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Baboons coming to mielie feeder with timer. They wait for the feeder to go off while the vervet monkeys attempt to break in and get the mielies out. This was during a very dry period at the end of summer - we had almost no spring or summer rains coupled with extremely hot temperatures.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   114040
Species name:   Papio ursinus
Common name:   Chacma Baboon -- Chacma Baboon
Family:   Cercopithecidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Chacma baboon
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-4959
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2013-04-25 10:11:00
Species name:   Papio ursinus -- Chacma Baboon; Chacma Baboon
Species code:   114040

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