Fukomys whytei
(O. Thomas, 1897)
Whyte'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
Thomas, O. 1897-10. Exhibition of small mammals collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte during his expedition to the Nyika plateau and Masuka Mountains, NR Nyasa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(3):430-436.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987617Original name as described
Georychus whytei
Other common names
Malawian Mole-rat
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Karonga, Lake Nynsa, Nyasaland (= Malawi).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Malawi · Zambia · Tanzania
Taxonomy notes
split from Cryptomys hottentotus; 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
Faulkes, C.G., Verheyen, E., Verheyen, W., Jarvis, J.U.M. and Bennett, N.C. 2004. Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae). Molecular Ecology 13(3): 613-629. · 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
Not Evaluated
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