MCZ Mammalogy 23369

Thamnomys venustus venustus

Date Collected:

1927-03-24

Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Nord-Kivu | Kibati

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Thamnomys venustus Thomas, 1907
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Common Name(s): Charming Thicket Rat; Thomas's Thamnomys
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ ledger

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  • original number: 153

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) good condition in collection 1 History (3)
skull (dry) not found, Jan 2023 MM missing 1 History
Remarks: skull not found 1941

Attribute Value Determination On
sex unknown [no agent data]
ear from notch 22.5 mm [no agent data]
hind foot with claw 27 mm [no agent data]
tail length 156 mm [no agent data]
total length 272 mm [no agent data]

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  • see special locality file. Skull not found in 1941, nor in 2023 MM

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • State/Province:
  • Nord-Kivu
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7024009 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kibati
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Belgian Congo, Kibati
  • Georeference:
  • -1.3000000°, 28.5833300° (Error radius: 5000m) By: John Mewherter on 2021-02-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1927-03-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 24 Mar 1927
  • Collectors:
  • Joseph C. Bequaertlinked data icon; David Hunt Linder; 1st Harvard-Africa Expedition

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 23351;  23352;  23353;  23354;  23355;  23356;  23357;  23358;  23359;  23360;  23361;  23362;  23363;  23364;  23365;  23366;  23367;  23368;  23369;  23370;  23371;  23372;  23373;  23374;  23375 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 021926-027875, pg.58;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:23351 Callosciurus cinnamomeus to MCZ:...

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