FMNH 1443

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  • Edward Dodson and workers
    Photographer: Carl E. Akeley
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Edward Dodson and workers. 2 Somali men holding rifles with freshly killed lion.
  • Edward Dodson's workers
    Photographer: Carl E. Akeley
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Edward Dodson's workers. 2 Somali men holding rifles with freshly killed lion.
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Panthera leo somaliensis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: leo
Subspecies: somaliensis
Field #: 54607
Collector: D. G. Elliot
Collection No.: F-80
Geography: Africa, Somalia, Woqooyi Galbeed, Bannaanko Tuuyo ("Tuyo Plain"), S of. [LL]
DWc Country: Somalia
Date Collected: 20 Jun 1896
Preparations: skin,skull,skel
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Sex: Male
Sex: Male
EMu IRN: 2501442
OccurenceID: b6cd8082-bcb2-419f-89f1-0efb96e46891
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