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[MCZ Mamm 5005] Echidna - Taxonomy for Echidna #23

Closed tucotuco closed 9 years ago

tucotuco commented 9 years ago

This is in the mammal catalog with higher classification of a fish. The genus given is a common name.

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Term Value
InstitutionID b4640710-8e03-11d8-b956-b8a03c50a862
InstitutionCode MCZ
CollectionCode Mamm
OwnerInstitutionCode Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
BasisOfRecord PreservedSpecimen
DynamicProperties sex: not recorded
OccurrenceID MCZ:Mamm:5005
CatalogNumber 5005
RecordedBy Ferdinand von Muller
IndividualCount 1
Sex not recorded
Disposition not applicable
AssociatedMedia http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5005
EventDate 1700-01-01
StartDayOfYear 0
VerbatimEventDate [no date data]
HigherGeography Australia, Australia, Victoria
Continent Australia
Country Australia
StateProvince Victoria
Locality Melbourne
IdentifiedBy Ferdinand von Muller
IdentificationRemarks Specimen preserved in alcohol. Presumed to have been discarded.
ScientificName Echidna
HigherClassification Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Neopterygii Angulliformes Muraenoidei Muraenidae Echidna
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Angulliformes
Family Muraenidae
Genus Echidna
NomenclaturalCode ICZN
heliumcell commented 9 years ago

There is a Fish genus "Echidna"...the common name was recorded in the ledger and data entry associated the record with the incorrect Taxonomy record.