MCZ Mammalogy 35426
Atilax paludinosus paludinosus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Date Collected:
1920
Africa: South Africa: Eastern Cape | Kaffraria
occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:35426
Part | Condition | Disposition | Count | ||
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skin (dry) | ~3 bald spots on R flank. Hole in venter to L of suture line. Hole in R front leg. Bald patch & rips on venter, around 1 nipple. R hallux sewn in place. White residue around wire protruding from paw pads. Some skin flaking beneath underfur | in collection | 1 | History (3) | |
skull (dry) | braincase broken--missing parietals, L squamosal, parts of sphenoid & frontals. Cracking in R frontal & squamosal, basicranium, sphenoid. L bulla cracked. L pterygoid chipped. L zyg arch, tentorium, turbinates, vomer damaged. Mandibles disarticulated | in collection | 1 | History (6) | |
Remarks: 2 gel caps with soft tissue & bone chips |
Attribute | Value | Determination | On |
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sex | female | By: Madeleine Mullon | 2022-11-15 |
Remarks: sex originally noted as "male?" but skin has 2 pairs of abdominal nipples (male Atilax have no nipples) | |||
age class | subadult | By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: adult canines erupting, basicranial suture open | 2022-11-15 |