Date Collected:

1920

Africa: South Africa: Eastern Cape | Kaffraria

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Herpestidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier, 1829
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Herpestidae
Common Name(s): Marsh Mongoose
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • original number: 23.X

Part Condition Disposition Count
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
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

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  • originally from Kaffrarian Museum

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • South Africa
  • State/Province:
  • Eastern Cape
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7017583 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kaffraria
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Africa, Kaffraria, C.P.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Kaffraria was a colonial name used to refer to parts of what is now Eastern Cape Province
  • Georeference:
  • -31.797645°, 28.4864060° (Error radius: 203048m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2023-02-23 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1920-01-01 / 1920-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1920
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 35411;  35412;  35413;  35414;  35415;  35416;  35417;  35418;  35419;  35420;  35421;  35422;  35423;  35424;  35425;  35426;  35427;  35428;  35429;  35430;  35431;  35432;  35433;  35434;  35435 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 033861-039830, pg.64;

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