FMNH 38110

FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys
Species: hottentotus
Subspecies: natalensis
Field #: 142556
Collector: H. Lang
Collection No.: 149
Geography: Africa, South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria Dist, Johannesburg, nr; Florida. [LL]
DWc Country: South Africa
Date Collected: 16 May 1927
Preparations: skin,skull
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Sex: Female
Sex: Female
EMu IRN: 2537336
OccurenceID: c8a0b8ec-dbb1-48dd-8722-7405452f0f86
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