Record details

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:   542
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AC
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2006-11-17
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Cannot tell if this is Cape Clawless or Spotted-neck Otter. Any comments? Note that droppings on the banks (not definitively from the otters) contain abundant crab shell fragments.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   217730
Species name:   Hydrictis maculicollis
Common name:   Spotted-necked Otter -- Spotted-necked Otter
Family:   Mustelidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Otter - not sure which species
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-542
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2011-08-31 13:34:23
Species name:   Hydrictis maculicollis -- Spotted-necked Otter; Spotted-necked Otter
Species code:   217730

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