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Desmodus rotundus

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    Object Details

    Collector

    W. T. Foster

    Record Last Modified

    20 Jul 2020

    Specimen Count

    1

    Collection Date

    31 Aug 1903

    Accession Number

    039979

    Other Numbers

    Mammals Field Number : No Number

    USNM Number

    114979

    Preparation

    Mounted Skeleton

    Sex

    Unknown

    Place

    Sapucay, Paraguay, South America

    Published Name

    Desmodus rotundus

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    Vertebrate Zoology
    Mammals

    Taxonomy

    Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Desmodontinae

    Data Source

    NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38135cc36-24dd-432f-a660-b532457efe09

    Record ID

    nmnhvz_7594264

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