Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Phiomorpha
Familia: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys
Species (16): F. amatus – F. anselli – F. bocagei – F. damarensis – F. darlingi – F. foxi – F. hanangensis – F. ilariae – F. kafuensis – F. livingstoni – F. mechowii – F. micklemi – F. ochraceocinereus – F. vandewoestijneae – F. whytei – F. zechi
Name
Fukomys Kock, Ingram, Frabotta, Honeycutt & Burda, 2006: 52
Type species: Bathyergus damarensis Ogilby, 1838, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Kock, D., Ingram, C.M., Frabotta, L.J., Honeycutt, R.L. & Burda, H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Additional references
Ingram, C.M., Burda, H. & Honeycutt, R.L. 2004. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the African mole-rats genus Cryptomys and the new genus Coetomys Gray, 1864. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(3): 997–1014. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.004 Reference page.
Gippoliti, S. & Amori, G. 2011. A new species of mole-rat (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) from the Horn of Africa. Zootaxa 2918: 39–46. Preview Reference page.
Van Daele, P.A.A.G, Blondé, P., Stjernstedt, R. & Adriaens, D. 2013. A new species of African mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed. Zootaxa 3636(1): 171–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.7 Reference page.
Faulkes, C.G., Mgode, G.F., Archer, E.K. & Bennett, N.C. 2017. Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov. and F. hanangensis sp. nov. PeerJ 5: e3214. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3214 Reference page.
Fukomys is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus Cryptomys;[1] its species are endemic to Africa. The species contained in the genus includes :
Fukomys amatus - Zambian mole-rat
Fukomys anselli - Ansell's mole-rat
Fukomys bocagei - Bocage's mole-rat
Fukomys damarensis - Damaraland mole-rat
Fukomys darlingi - Mashona mole-rat
Fukomys foxi - Nigerian mole-rat
Fukomys hanangensis - Hanang mole-rat
Fukomys ilariae - Somali striped mole rat[2]
Fukomys kafuensis - Kafue mole-rat
Fukomys livingstoni - Livingstone's mole-rat
Fukomys mechowii - Mechow's mole-rat
Fukomys micklemi - Micklem's mole-rat
Fukomys occlusus
Fukomys ochraceocinereus - Ochre mole-rat
Fukomys vandewoestijneae - Caroline's mole rat[3]
Fukomys whytei - Whyte's mole-rat
Fukomys zechi - Ghana mole-rat
References
Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55.
Gippoliti, Spartaco; Giovanni Amori (2011). "A new species of mole-rat (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) from the Horn of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2918: 39–46.
van Daele, P.A.A.G.; Blondé, P.; Stjernstedt, R.; Adriens, D. (2013). "A new species of African Mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3636: 171–189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.7.
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