Cryptomys nimrodi

(de Winton, 1897)

Matabeleland Mole-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : incertae sedis
Family : Bathyergidae
Genus : Cryptomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1897-04. On collections of rodents made by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling in Mashunaland and Mr. F. C. Selous in Matabeleland, with short field-notes by the collectors. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(4):798-808.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200855

Original name as described

Georychus nimrodi

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Essex Farm, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

split from Fukomys darlingi, although it is sometimes included in C. hottentotus; the synonym listing for Cryptomys species is highly tentative and needs to be investigated carefully for all taxa

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Denys, C. and Cotterill, F.P.D. 2015. Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis. . De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. · Visser, J. H., Bennett, N. C., & van Vuuren, B. J. (2019). Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes. PeerJ, 7, e7730.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001260

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Georychus nimrodi

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

nimrodi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

808

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200855

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi

D. E. Wilson, Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

nimrodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

368

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Cryptomys nimrodi

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

nimrodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001260

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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