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Zoological Museum State University, Kazan, Russia

Catalogue number : 109

Sex: female

Locality: unknown

Date of acquisition: 1843

History of mount: this specimen was dismantled because of insect damage and stored safely for many years until 1969, when Mr. M. A. Zaslavski mounted it again in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia

Measurements: –

head – body 2,36 m* (2,42 m)*
tail 0,54 m (0,53 m)
ear 0,14 m (0,17 m)
hind foot 0,56 m (0,54 m)
shoulder height 1,29 m (1, 28 m)
State of preservation: appears to be good

Further material of same individual:- none

References: none known

* Measurements received through 2 intermediaries are not identical


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