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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.
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Scientific Name: Damaliscus lunatus topi
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 30 Aug 1930
Locality: Unspecified
Scientific Name: Canis familiaris
Breed: Chow chow
Age [Sex]: Adult [U]
Collection Date: Feb 2002
Scientific Name: Ourebia ourebi
Age [Sex]:
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Locality: Unspecified
Higher Geography: Africa
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