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Geocapromys thoracatus; Swan Island Hutia   

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Geocapromys thoracatus
Geocapromys thoracatus
Swan Island Hutia
Photographer: Simon Tonge

ID: 0000 0000 0115 3900 (2015-01-30)

Copyright © 2015 Simon J. Tonge

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 2013
  • date collected  1935
  • this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
  • photo location   Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
  • animal's place of origin   Little Swan Island, Honduras
  • family Capromyidae
  • order Rodentia
  • class Mammalia
  • notes   Species is now extinct. This specimen was collected, live, in the 1930s and was in Paignton Zoo, UK until its demise whereupon it was donated to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
  • camera   Panasonic Lumix FZ 18
  • From the collection of RAMM, Exeter, UK    Specimen No. 28.1939.4
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  • photo category: Animal - Mammal

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Swan Island Hutia (photographer)
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