FMNH 1429

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  • Somali Wild Ass
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Somali Wild Ass Group diorama. Equus asinus. Taxidermy and accessories by Carl Akeley. British Somaliland, Africa. Hall 22 Case 23. Zoology specimens 1426-1429
  • Somali Wild Ass
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Somali Wild Ass Group diorama. Equus asinus. Taxidermy and accessories by Carl Akeley. British Somaliland, Africa. Hall 22 Case 23. Zoology specimens 1426-1429
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Equus asinus somalicus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: asinus
Subspecies: somalicus
Collector: C. E. Akeley
Collection No.: 39
Geography: Africa, Somalia, Woqooyi Galbeed, Lafaruug. [LL]
DWc Country: Somalia
Date Collected: 28 May 1896
Preparations: skin,skull,mounted
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Sex: Male
Sex: Male
EMu IRN: 2501428
OccurenceID: a75e10f6-ab99-4108-8a02-7bf53371695f
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