Fukomys mechowii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1881)

Mechow'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

Peters, W.C.H. 1881. Über die von Herrn Major von Mechow von seiner letzten Expedition nach Westafrika mitgebrachten Säugethiere. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881:131-133.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789003

Original name as described

Georychus Mechowii

Other common names

Angolan Giant Mole-rat · Giant Mole-rat

Type locality

Malange, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi? · Tanzania?

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/1001272

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 Mellandi

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mellandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28936da5-03df-4161-a157-b1223fea11f1

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472221

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Georychus Ansorgei

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1905)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.5.9.74

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214802

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cryptomys blainei

(Hinton, 1921)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

blainei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.4.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/993af722-f261-42fe-be97-c02b35b1db5d

Authority page

372

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626795

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cryptomys mechowi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mechowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

195

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Cryptomys mechowi mechowi

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mechowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

1540

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys mechowi mellandi

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mellandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Fukomys mechowii

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mechowii

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 (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5756/22185092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Fukomys mechowi

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mechowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #400000151

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Georychus Mechowii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1881)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

mechowii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789003

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

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