Fukomys darlingi

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Mashona 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

Thomas, O. 1895-09-01. On African mole-rats of the genera Georychus and Myoscalops. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(93):238-241.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122719

Original name as described

Georychus Darlingi

Other common names

Darling's Mole-rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.7.16.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed5e5338-0335-4e6e-9a3c-349a68f82ffc

Type locality

"Salisbury [= Harare], 5000 feet [1524 m]," Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

previously included Cryptomys nimrodi; 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/1001266

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 Darlingi

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

darlingi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.7.16.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed5e5338-0335-4e6e-9a3c-349a68f82ffc

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122719

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)

Georychus beirae

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

beirae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.6.2.98

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a83f9a97-2b0d-4bad-a5c7-ffe89fe97cd8

Authority page

780

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579236

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys zimbitiensis

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

zimbitiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 559

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 darlingi

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

darlingi

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 (2013:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Fukomys darlingi

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

darlingi

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 #44860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44860/22184755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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