FMNH 185259
- Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History
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Description: Different views of skull and mandible of holotype Chaerephon atsinanana, collected Farafangana: upper row, left, dorsal view of cranium; upper row, right, ventral view of cranium; and lower row, lateral view of cranium and mandiblePhotographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History
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Description: Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of adult female crania and mandibles of the holotype of Chaerephon atsinanana (left-- FMNH 185259) obtained at Farafangana and C. pumilus sensu stricto (right n++ USNM 38032) female collected at Massawa, Eritrea, which is the type locality of this speciesFM Catalog: MammalsCatalog Subset: SpecimenScientific Name: Chaerephon atsinananaType Status: HolotypePhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: ChiropteraFamily: MolossidaeGenus: ChaerephonSpecies: atsinananaField #: 193619Collector: F. H. RatrimomanarivoCollection No.: RHF-1060Geography: Africa, Madagascar, Province de Fianarantsoa, 10m: Farafangana, Ecole CEG Fenoarivo. [LL]DWc Country: MadagascarDate Collected: 26 Apr 2005Preparations: skull,asr,tissTissue Available?: YesCo-ordinates Available?: YesSex: FemaleSex: FemaleType Status: HolotypeEMu IRN: 2684027OccurenceID: 8693178d-84ef-4d36-83ba-a8e18e608f4d
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