Fukomys vandewoestijneae
Van Daele, Blondé, Stjernstedt, & Adriaens, 2013
Caroline'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
Authority citation
Van Daele, P.A.A.G., Blondé, P., Stjernstedt, R. and Adriaens, D. 2013-04-03. A new species of African Mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi watershed. Zootaxa 3636(1):171-189.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.7Original name as described
Fukomys vandewoestijneae
Type material
RMCA 2012.002-M-0001
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Sabitonto River (10° 59' 30.5'' S, 24° 10' 09.3'' E), 1308 m, Katanga Province, DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Angola?
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Van Daele, P.A.A.G., Blondé, P., Stjernstedt, R. and Adriaens, D. 2013. A new species of African Mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed. Zootaxa 3636(1): 171-189.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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