Scientific name: Colossoma macropomum
Collector name: Ray Bandar – RB
Notes: 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.
No other collections data available.
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Scientific Name: Tapirus bairdii
Age [Sex]: Adult [M]
Collection Date: 19 May 1967
Locality: Unspecified
Scientific Name: Neofelis nebulosa
Age [Sex]: Adult [M]
Locality: Unspecified
Scientific Name: Lycaon pictus
Age [Sex]: [F]
Collection Date:
Locality: Unspecified
Higher Geography: Africa
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