MCZ Herpetology R-1011

Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825)

Date Collected:

1859-01-01/1859-12-31

South America: Brazil: Para | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-1011 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Archosauromorpha Crocodilia Alligatoroidea Alligatoridae
Common Name(s): Black Caiman
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998
Previous Identification
Caiman niger Spix, 1825
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Archosauromorpha Crocodilia Alligatoroidea Alligatoridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • muse location number: ZR1011

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Para
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7006247 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Para,Brazil
  • Georeference:
  • -1.4500000°, -48.483330° (Error radius: 6.115km) By: CAS (MCZ) on 2003-12-01 (Source: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 3500 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1859-01-01 / 1859-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1859-1859
  • Collector:
  • Caleb Cooke

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-1001; R-1002; R-1003; R-1004; R-1005; R-1006; R-1007; R-1008; R-1009; R-1010; R-1011; R-1012; R-1013; R-1014; R-1015; R-1016; R-1017; R-1018; R-1019; R-1020; R-1021; R-1022; R-1023; R-1024; R-1025 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.41;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-1001 Lacerta muralis to MCZ:Herp:R-1...

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