FMNH 57566

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 #: 39061
Collector: J. T. Zimmer
Collection No.: 542
Geography: Africa, Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Mahenge Dist, Ulanga
DWc Country: Tanzania
Date Collected: 17 Oct 1926
Preparations: skull,asr
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Sex: Male
Sex: Male
EMu IRN: 2556792
OccurenceID: 1b0876f2-d081-4d8d-a0cc-692ab1bca887
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