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1908.6.12.1

Classification
Scientific name: Orycteropus afer wardi Lydekker 1908
Author: Lydekker 1908
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Tubulidentata
Family: Orycteropodidae
Genus: Orycteropus
Species: afer
Subspecies: wardi
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Tubulidentata; Orycteropodidae
Location
Locality: N.E. Rhodesia /
Country: Zambia
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Zambia
Collection event
Recorded by: Mr James Rowland Ward
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Orycteropus afer wardi Lydekker 1908 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1908.6.12.1
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3625511
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Record
Occurrence ID: 23b8b6cc-1db6-4046-b831-6cc155f29a01
Modified: 2022-08-04T14:21:21+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T22:13:02+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T22:13:02+00:00
Last updated 2022-08-04T14:21:21+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