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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Manchester Mem., vol. 51, 5, 28

Original name as described

Georychus amatus

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001262

Country distribution map

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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 molyneuxi

(Chubb, 1908)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

molyneuxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494547

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cryptomys amatus

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

amatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Fukomys amatus

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

amatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

369

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Georychus amatus

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

amatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Manchester Memoir

Name usages

Roberts (1913:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

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