Fukomys bocagei

(de Winton, 1897)

Bocage'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

de Winton, W.E. 1897-08-31. On a collection of rodents from Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(117):320-324.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415303

Original name as described

Georychus Bocagei

Other common names

Angolan Mole-rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.6.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/72575252-5386-4043-b4e9-6a125f59fa59

Type locality

Hanha, western Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001264

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 Bocagei

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.6.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/72575252-5386-4043-b4e9-6a125f59fa59

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415303

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Georhychus kubangensis

(Monard, 1933)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

kubangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 858.35

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

Name usages

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

Cryptomys bocagei

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Happold (2013:650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Fukomys bocagei

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

bocagei

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 #5752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5752/22184407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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