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1900.2.1.21

Classification
Scientific name: Otomys typus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Otomys
Species: typus
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae
Location
Locality: Teliki Valley, West Slope of Mt. Kenya, 13000 ft. / British East Africa /
Country: Kenya
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Kenya
Minimum elevation(m): 3962.40
Collection event
Recorded by: H J. Mackinder
Collection date: 9 / 1899
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Otomys typus Yes
Otomys irroratus orestes Thomas, [M.R.] O. 1900 No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1900.2.1.21
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3602279
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: male
Record
Occurrence ID: b8b9b026-a972-4aae-b435-2a302d08f5f1
Modified: 2021-02-03T04:06:56+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T21:33:17+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T21:33:17+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-03T04:06:56+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