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1857.12.10.6

Classification
Scientific name: Heliosciurus rufobrachium maculatus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Heliosciurus
Species: rufobrachium
Subspecies: maculatus
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Sciuridae
Location
Locality: Ashante, Gold Coast
Country: Ghana
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Ghana
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Heliosciurus rufobrachium maculatus Yes
Macroxus rufobrachiatus waterhousii Gray, 1867 No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1857.12.10.6
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3595775
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: male
Life stage: indeterminate
Record
Occurrence ID: 19ffe052-0470-4769-8055-9b8fd9722649
Modified: 2021-02-03T03:11:24+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T21:22:41+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T21:22:41+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-03T03:11:24+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb