MCZ Mammalogy 51466

Thamnomys cometes

Date Collected:

1963-06-01/1963-06-30

Africa: Malawi | Nyika

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:51466 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Thamnomys cometes
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Thamnomys (Grammomys) cometes
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Grammomys ibeanus (Osgood, 1910)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Common Name(s): East African Grammomys; Ruwenzori Thicket Rat
Determiner: Guy G. Musser on 1992-01-01
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: Guy Musser (1992) identified this specimen as Grammomys ibeanus, but notes it is related to G. cometes and is usually identified as that, MDO 2008.

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  • additional number: 4

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male By: Unknown 2009-12-03

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Malawi
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000726 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nyika
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nyasaland, Nyika
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1963-06-01 / 1963-06-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • June 1963
  • Collector:
  • Wedson

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 51456; 51457; 51458; 51459; 51460; 51461; 51462; 51463; 51464; 51465; 51466; 51467; 51468; 51469; 51470; 51471; 51472; 51473; 51474; 51475; 51476; 51477; 51478; 51479; 51480 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 045831-052330, pg.226;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:51456 Chrysocyon brachyurus to MCZ:Mam...

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