Fukomys amatus
(Wroughton, 1907)
Zambian Mole-rat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
Superfamily | : incertae sedis |
Family | : Bathyergidae |
Genus | : Fukomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Wroughton, R.C. 1907-03-13. On a collection of mammals made by Mr. S. A. Neave in Rhodesia, north of the Zambesi, with field notes by the collector. Manchester Memoir 51(5):1-39.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063334Original name as described
Georychus amatus
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Road to Chiwali's, Alala Plateau … Alt. 4000 [feet]," Zambia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia
Taxonomy notes
moved from Cryptomys to Coetomys and later to the recently described Fukomys once Coetomys was shows to be a synonym of Cryptomys
Taxonomy notes citation
Ingram, C.M., Burda, H. and 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. · 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.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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