FMNH 158629

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  • 158629
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 158629 Acomys spinosissimus; dorsal view of the mandible.
  • 158629
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 158629 Acomys spinosissimus; dorsal view of the cranium.
  • 158629
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 158629 Acomys spinosissimus; full lateral view of the skull.
  • 158629
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 158629 Acomys spinosissimus; lateral view of the cranium.
  • 158629
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 158629 Acomys spinosissimus; lateral view of the mandible.
  • 158629
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 158629 Acomys spinosissimus; ventral view of the cranium.
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Acomys spinosissimus selousi
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Acomys
Species: spinosissimus
Subspecies: selousi
Field #: 218756
Collector: P. D. Moehlman
Collection No.: 56
Geography: Africa, Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Kilombero District, 350m: Udzungwa Mts, Udzungwa National Park, Mangula. [LL]
DWc Country: Tanzania
Date Collected: 23 Jun 1995
Preparations: skin,skull
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Sex: Female
Sex: Female
EMu IRN: 2657397
OccurenceID: f0020867-6aba-4fd4-9e9e-0051fb344764
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