Fukomys anselli

(Burda, Zima, A. Scharff, Macholán, & Kawalika, 1999)

Ansell's 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

Burda, H., Zima, J., Scharff, A., Macholán, M. and Kawalika, M. 1999. The karyotypes of _Cryptomys anselli_ sp. nova and _Cryptomys kafuensis_ sp. nova: new species of the common mole-rat from Zambia (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 64:36-50.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526094

Original name as described

Cryptomys anselli

Type material

SMF:MAMM:87018

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Court of the Chainama Hills Golf Club in the north-eastern part of Lusaka, Zambia."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001263

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.

Cryptomys anselli

(Burda, Zima, A. Scharff, Macholán, & Kawalika, 1999)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

anselli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:87018

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526094

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Happold (2013:649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Fukomys anselli

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

anselli

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 #44858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44858/22184572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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