Fukomys zechi

(Matschie, 1900)

Ghana 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

Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr., Berlin, 146

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797152

Original name as described

Georhychus zechi

Other common names

Togo Mole-rat

Type locality

near Kete-Kradji, Togo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ghana · Togo

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/1001277

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.

Cryptomys zechi

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

zechi

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 (2013:661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Fukomys zechi

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

zechi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

368

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5751/22184502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Georhychus zechi

(Matschie, 1900)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

zechi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797152

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

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