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NCSM 8061
Scientific Name: Didelphis virginiana
Type Status
Order: Didelphimorphia
Suborder:
Family: Didelphidae
Subfamily: Didelphinae
Country: United States
First Division: South Carolina
Second Division: Dorchester
Nature of Specimen: Complete skeleton
Locality: Dorchester-Harleyville, Francis Beidler Forest Audubon Sactuary, Four Holes Swamp
Locality Remarks: Received from collectors Ed A. Hajnos and Mary K. Clark. Found on stump in middle of creek; bottomland hardwood forest dominated by tupelo, gum and bald cypress trees. Locality indicates "Holly Hill" and "canoe lake in the Francis Beidler Forest, Audubon Sanctuary". Lake for canoe tours indicated (http://sc.audubon.org/activities/guided-canoekayak-trips) for Audubon Center & Sanctuary at Francis Beidler Forest - 336 Sanctuary Road Harleyville, SC 29448. Error added as determined with georeferencing calculator.
Lat/Long: ,
Coordinate Uncertainty: 4190 m
Elevation 16
Locality Remarks: Received from collectors Ed A. Hajnos and Mary K. Clark. Found on stump in middle of creek; bottomland hardwood forest dominated by tupelo, gum and bald cypress trees. Locality indicates "Holly Hill" and "canoe lake in the Francis Beidler Forest, Audubon Sanctuary". Lake for canoe tours indicated (http://sc.audubon.org/activities/guided-canoekayak-trips) for Audubon Center & Sanctuary at Francis Beidler Forest - 336 Sanctuary Road Harleyville, SC 29448. Error added as determined with georeferencing calculator.
Collector(s): Hajnos, E.A. and Clark, M.K.
Field number: MAMM-8061
Collection Date(s): 17-10-1996
Previous Catalog number: P96-10-9
Specimen Remarks: Source: specimen tag, MRS & NCSM catalog.
Accession Number
Status In Collection
Cataloger EAH
Year Cataloged 14 Jul 1998
Geodetic Datum WGS84
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