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Scientific Name: Redunca fulvorufula chanleri
Age [Sex]: [F]
Collection Date: 18 Jun 1930
Locality: Kedong
Higher Geography: Africa, Kenya
Collector Name [Number]: L. Simson [32]
Notes: Plus partial skeleton; skin in cold room.
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Though this fish is similar in shape and size to a piranha, its teeth tell a different story. It fasts for months, then comes inland with floodwaters, swimming up under trees to eat fallen fruit.
Scientific Name: Antilocapra americana americana
Age [Sex]: Juvenile [M]
Collection Date: 26 Sep 1913
Locality: Guano Valley
Scientific Name: Gulo gulo luscus
Age [Sex]: Adult [F]
Collection Date: 20 Feb 2003
Locality: White Mountains
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