Fukomys damarensis

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Damara 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

Ogilby, W. 1838-07. A selection of the Mammalia procured by Captain Alexander during his recent journey into the country of the Damaras, on the South West Coast of Africa, was exhibited, and Mr. Ogilby directed the attention of the Society to the new and rare species which it contained. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838(61):5-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571062

Original name as described

Bathyergus Damarensis

Other common names

Botswanan Mole-rat · Damaraland Blesmol

Type locality

Damaraland, Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa

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/1001265

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 Lugardi

(de Winton, 1898)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

lugardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8c35a6f3-7ba7-4692-ac42-1e9581c8558c

Authority page

253

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365456

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cryptomys ovamboensis

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

ovamboensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8229

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Cryptomys damarensis

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

damarensis

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 (2013:651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Cryptomys hottentotus damarensis

(O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

321

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Fukomys damarensis

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

370

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5753/22185003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bathyergus Damarensis

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571062

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lesson (1842:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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