FMNH 79421

FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Atherurus africanus turneri
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Atherurus
Species: africanus
Subspecies: turneri
Field #: 138319
Collector: J. S. Owen
Collection No.: 2093
Geography: Africa, Sudan, Eastern Equatoria, Torit Dist, Torit, 25 mi SSE; Lokwi. [LL]
DWc Country: Sudan
Date Collected: Sep 1951
Preparations: skin,skull
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Sex: Female
Sex: Female
EMu IRN: 2578294
OccurenceID: 07fc5d94-08f6-4fc1-9314-b3c9dbc79d3a
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