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MammalMAP:   1623
Province:   deception pan
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2123DA
Observer:   von Winckelmann Fred; Andy, guide of Endavour safaris
Date of record:   2008-10-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Heading down through one of the roads of Deception Pan in the Kalahari Game Reserve I observed within a distance of 10 miles left and right of the road 11 couples of Honey Badgers foraging during the day, very strange because you never see one and especially not during daytime.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   203170
Species name:   Mellivora capensis
Common name:   Honey Badger -- Honey Badger
Family:   Mustelidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mellivora capensis honey badger
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-1623
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1623 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1623 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1623 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-03-08 09:18:58
Species name:   Mellivora capensis -- Honey Badger; Honey Badger
Species code:   203170

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