FMNH 27295

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  • 27295
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 27295 Acomys ignitus; dorsal view of the mandible.
  • 27295
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 27295 Acomys ignitus; dorsal view of the cranium.
  • 27295
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 27295 Acomys ignitus; full lateral view of the skull.
  • 27295
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 27295 Acomys ignitus; lateral view of the cranium.
  • 27295
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 27295 Acomys ignitus; lateral view of the mandible.
  • 27295
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 27295 Acomys ignitus; ventral view of the cranium.
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Acomys ignitus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Acomys
Species: ignitus
Field #: 178206
Collector: J. T. Zimmer
Collection No.: 390
Geography: Africa, Tanzania, Tanga Region, 1400ft: Usambara Dist, Lake Manka. [LL]
DWc Country: Tanzania
Date Collected: 6 Jul 1926
Preparations: skin,skull
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Sex: Female
Sex: Female
EMu IRN: 2526521
OccurenceID: aa2bc904-fd85-49c4-ad70-9b702be53c3b
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