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Tom Larson
Dassie Rat
grey hairs on foot and foreleg, lighter grey brown below. Pads black.
Hindfeet - 5 toes with claws, pads black,
greyish reddish-yellow-brown course hairs on
feet find between toes, hairs protruding out
beyond claws.
Mammae - 6 (lateral arrangement)
Petromys curialis
KM-9607 ?, 14 June 1927, Ombombo, Cen.
Kooxveld, S.W. Afr. 1400m, Shortridge,
200,168-36-15.5,
Desc - above a streaked light brown,
hairs ringed with light and dark
brown, light brown tipped, tail almost
as long as body with long hairs
extending out, chin yellowish brown,
paler brown below, pads black, ears
dark brown.