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It looks menacing, but this pig-like grazer mostly uses its tusks for digging and defense.
Scientific Name: Phacochoerus africanus
Age [Sex]: [F]
Collection Date: Jun 1927
Locality: Lake Manyara, Arusha region
Higher Geography: Africa, Tanzania
Collector Name [Number]: F. Walker; K. Walker
Notes: Plus lower jaw. Taxonomy updated as per Mammal Species of the World 3rd Ed.
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Scientific Name: Melursus ursinus
Age [Sex]: [F]
Collection Date: 20 Feb 1976
Locality: San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco Co., California
Scientific Name: Oreamnos americanus columbiae
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 27 May 1913
Locality: 50 miles south of Juneau
Scientific name: Mandrillus sphinx
Collection date: 1969
Notes: Complete skeleton. Entirely fused vertebrae.
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