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1895.3.5.2

Classification
Scientific name: Heliosciurus ruwenzorii
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Heliosciurus
Species: ruwenzorii
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Sciuridae
Location
Locality: Wimi Valley, (Ruimi R.), (E.) Ruwenzori, Uganda
Country: Uganda
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Uganda
Minimum elevation(m): 2438.40
Collection event
Recorded by: G F. Scott Elliot
Collection date: 6 / 7 / 1894
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Heliosciurus ruwenzorii Yes
Heliosciurus ruwenzorii Schwann, 1904 No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1895.3.5.2
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3595853
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: male
Life stage: indeterminate
Record
Occurrence ID: 88e65eac-4422-479f-b9dd-21b88d7ae4ea
Modified: 2025-04-02T08:28:54+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T21:22:49+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T21:22:49+00:00
Last updated 2025-04-02T08:28:54+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