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1897.9.1.115

Classification
Scientific name: Fossa majori Dollman 1909
Author: Dollman 1909
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Fossa
Species: majori
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Viverridae
Location
Locality: Ambohimitombo, near Ambositra, Central Madagascar /
Country: Madagascar
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Madagascar
Collection event
Recorded by: Charles Immanuel Forsyth-Major
Collection date: 22 / 1 / 1895
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Fossa majori Dollman 1909 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1897.9.1.115
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3623759
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: male
Life stage: juvenile
Record
Occurrence ID: 4a895696-b38c-4a10-b896-26b069629464
Modified: 2022-05-17T12:44:29+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T22:09:57+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T22:09:57+00:00
Last updated 2022-05-17T12:44:29+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