Syntype of Eupleres major

Date Collected:

1929-04-01/1929-04-30

Africa: Madagascar: Diana | high Sombirano Valley at foot of Tsaratanana ridge, forests above Beangona vilage

Current Identification
Eupleres goudotii major Lavauden, 1929
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Viverridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Eupleres major Lavauden, 1929
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Viverridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Lavauden; 1929

Lavauden 1929, page 198, Syntype of Eupleres major Lavauden, 1929 Type catalog erroneously cites this specimen as "MCZ 45691"

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
skin (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-01-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-12-07   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class subadult [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-01-11

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  • Lavauden. Comptes Rendus. Acad. Sci. Paris, 189:198(1929).

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • State/Province:
  • Diana
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://sws.geonames.org/7670842 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • high Sombirano Valley at foot of Tsaratanana ridge, forests above Beangona vilage
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar: high Sombirano Valley at foot / of Tsaratanana ridge
  • Elevation:
  • 1500 m
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Beangona village also called Beangona-Amporiana
  • Georeference:
  • -14.071007°, 48.7052630° (Error radius: 7715m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2020-11-25 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-04-01 / 1929-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1929 April
  • Collectors:
  • Lavauden; Grandidier Collection; et al.

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 45956;  45957;  45958;  45959;  45960;  45961;  45962;  45963;  45964;  45965;  45966;  45967;  45968;  45969;  45970;  45971;  45972;  45973;  45974;  45975;  45976;  45977;  45978;  45979;  45980 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 045831-052330, pg.6;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:45956 Galidia elegans to MCZ:Mamm:4598...

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