MCZ Mammalogy 26322

Dasymys incomtus alleni Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953

Holotype of Dasymys incomtus alleni

Date Collected:

1930-03-31

Africa: Tanzania | Ilolo (Mbeya), near Rungwe Mountains [VERBATIM ELEVATION:1403]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:26322 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Dasymys incomtus alleni Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: Barbara Lawrencelinked data icon; Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon on 1953-06-30
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication
Previous Identification
Dasymys Peters, 1875 sp.
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Common Name(s): Shaggy African Marsh Rats
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

Lawrence and Loveridge 1953, page 53, Holotype of Dasymys incomtus alleni Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953
Media type: text; Lawrence and Loveridge 1953 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CX no. 1;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lawrence and Loveridge 1953 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CX no. 1

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-10-26
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-10-19   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class adult [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-10-26

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000203 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Ilolo (Mbeya), near Rungwe Mountains [VERBATIM ELEVATION:1403]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tanganyika Territory, Ilolo, Nr. Rungwe
  • Georeference:
  • -9.1750800°, 33.5836100° (Error radius: 3683m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2022-03-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1930-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 31-Mar-1930
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 26301; 26302; 26303; 26304; 26305; 26306; 26307; 26308; 26309; 26310; 26311; 26312; 26313; 26314; 26315; 26316; 26317; 26318; 26319; 26320; 26321; 26322; 26323; 26324; 26325 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 021926-027875, pg.176;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:26301 Mastomys coucha natalensis victo...

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