Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan
Mienie, Lodewyk Jacobus
Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
AfriCat Foundation
Article History
Received: 22 January 2018
Accepted: 26 September 2018
First Online: 3 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The project was approved by the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa’s Research and Ethics Committee (Project no. P11/07). A research/collecting permit (1846/2013) was obtained from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the samples were imported into South Africa with the required CITES export (no.0042838) and import (no. 137670) permits, as well as a veterinary import permit (no. 13/1/1/30/2/10/6-2013/11/002397). Once in South Africa, the samples were transported and stored with the required national Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) ordinary permit (no. 05238).