MCZ Mammalogy 44213

Steatomys pratensis nyasae Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953

Holotype of Steatomys pratensis nyasae

Date Collected:

1948-07-29

Africa: Malawi | Likabula River, foot of Mulanje Mountain

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:44213 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Steatomys pratensis nyasae 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

Lawrence and Loveridge 1953, page 39, Holotype of Steatomys pratensis nyasae Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953
Media type: text; Lawrence and Loveridge 1953 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CX no. 1;

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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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  • 14 paratypes at MCZ

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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:
  • Likabula River, foot of Mulanje Mountain
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nyasaland, Likabula River
  • Elevation:
  • 641
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Cannot find Likabula River
  • Georeference:
  • -15.769870°, 35.5875170° (Error radius: 45099m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-07-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1948-07-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 29 Jul. "48
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 44181; 44182; 44183; 44184; 44185; 44186; 44187; 44188; 44189; 44200; 44201; 44202; 44203; 44204; 44205; 44206; 44207; 44208; 44209; 44210; 44211; 44212; 44213; 44214; 44215 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 039831-045821, pg.175;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:44181 Dasymys incomtus alleni Paratyp...

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