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MammalMAP:   785
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BB
Observer:   Webster K.
Date of record:   2011-06-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   217970
Species name:   Aethomys namaquensis
Common name:   Namaqua Rock Mouse -- Namaqua Micaelamys
Family:   Muridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   House mouse
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-785
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 785 - photo: 1
VM-number: 785 - photo: 2
VM-number: 785 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Walter Jubber
Comment:   This individual looks like is has a reddish-brown grizzled appearance, also with the long tail, and what looks like whitish feet, I would go more for an Aethomys sp. Tail length versus body length and overall colouration and distribution, looks like A. namaquensis.
Date:   2014-11-21 12:29:59
Species name:   Aethomys namaquensis -- Namaqua Rock Mouse; Namaqua Micaelamys
Species code:   217970

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