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Scientific Name: Damaliscus lunatus topi
Age [Sex]: [F]
Collection Date: 13 Jul 1930
Locality: Loita
Higher Geography: Africa, Kenya
Collector Name [Number]: L. Simson [61]
Notes: Skull with horns plus partial skeleton and 4 hooves; 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: Odocoileus hemionus hemionus
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 29 Oct 1912
Locality: Bray's Wells
Scientific Name: Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Age [Sex]: [F]
Collection Date:
Locality: Kijabi
Higher Geography: Africa, Kenya
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