Mearns, Edgar A., Africa, 1909-1912
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PrintThe catalog documents Edgar A. Mearns' collecting across Africa, 1909-1912. Includes field number, USNM catalog number, sex, type (scientific name), location, date, measurements, and notes usually referring to habitat, specimen preparation, condition, altitude, appearance, presence of fetuses. In the front of the volume is an illustration and key to types of specimen measurements. Locations include British East Africa [Kenya], N'guasso Nyiro River, Nairobi, Lake Nawaska, Mt. Kenia [Kirinyaga], Changamuve, Kenya; Uganda; Congo; Smithe Island, Virginia.
1909-1912
1909
1912
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Mammalogy
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Division of Mammals collection, Edgar Alexander Mearns Field Books, 1872 - 1893
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals