Everyone can see the coordinates unless the taxon is threatened.
Obscured
Public coordinates shown as a random point within 10KM of the true coordinates. True coordinates are only visible to you and the curators of projects to which you add the observation.
private
Coordinates completely hidden from public maps, true coordinates only visible to you and the curators of projects to which you add the observation. Observations with private coordinates will still be used to verify place check lists.
The Identotron uses the location of an observation to compare it with all the species (in this case members of the genus Xerus) thought to occur in a place (in this case Angola). For mammals, iNat uses the IUCN Global Mammal Assessment Range maps to populate these lists of species in places. Are you sure this is Xerus? Because while there's only one Xerus in range there area 10 squirrels
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The Damara ground squirrel (Xerus princeps) seems like the only Xerus option for Angola, but even that species is out of range for your observation.
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How Identotron works and how range maps are generated?
The Identotron uses the location of an observation to compare it with all the species (in this case members of the genus Xerus) thought to occur in a place (in this case Angola). For mammals, iNat uses the IUCN Global Mammal Assessment Range maps to populate these lists of species in places. Are you sure this is Xerus? Because while there's only one Xerus in range there area 10 squirrels
It's likely a safe assumption that knowledge of species distribution in Angola is incomplete--so it could be the range map that's incorrect, not you!
I'm not sure about Xerus but it seems to be the most plausible genus.
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