FMNH 26424

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • 26424
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 26424 Heliosciurus ruwenzorii; dorsal view of the mandible.
  • 26424
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 26424 Heliosciurus ruwenzorii; dorsal view of the cranium.
  • 26424
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 26424 Heliosciurus ruwenzorii; lateral view of the skull.
  • 26424
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 26424 Heliosciurus ruwenzorii; lateral view of the cranium.
  • 26424
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 26424 Heliosciurus ruwenzorii; lateral view of the mandible.
  • 26424
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 26424 Heliosciurus ruwenzorii; ventral view of the cranium.
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Heliosciurus ruwenzorii ruwenzorii
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Heliosciurus
Species: ruwenzorii
Subspecies: ruwenzorii
Collector: E. H. Heller
Collection No.: FMNH-Mammals-8516
Geography: Africa, Zaire, Kivu, Ituri, 7500ft: Ruwenzori Mts, Butagu R Valley, East of Kanyanwamba Crk, Old Kalonge/Ugongo
DWc Country: Zaire
Date Collected: 2 Feb 1925
Preparations: skin,skull
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Sex: Female
Sex: Female
EMu IRN: 2525650
OccurenceID: a0f3ef99-6a7e-4dd4-b4fc-4507092dc912
Measurements:
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