Heliophobius argenteocinereus

W. C. H. Peters, 1846

Southern Silvery Mole-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : incertae sedis
Family : Bathyergidae
Genus : Heliophobius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, vol. 11, 259

Original name as described

Heliophobius argenteocinereus

Other common names

Silky Mole-rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26672.a, RMNH.MAM.26672.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26672.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26672.b

Type locality

Tete (on the Zambezi River), Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

previously included H. kapiti

Taxonomy notes citation

Bryja, J., Konvičková, H., Bryjová, A., Mikula, O., Makundi, R., & Chitaukali, W. N. (2018). Differentiation underground: range-wide multilocus genetic structure of the silvery mole-rat does not support current taxonomy based on mitochondrial sequences. Mammalian Biology, 93(1), 82-92. · Uhrová, M., Mikula, O., Bennett, N. C., Van Daele, P., Piálek, L., Bryja, J., ... & Šumbera, R. (2022). Species limits and phylogeographic structure in two genera of solitary African mole-rats Georychus and Heliophobius. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 167, 107337.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001279

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.

Heliophobius robustus

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.10.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2b4f0220-80a2-488d-9340-3a45ce3ac1e3

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472222

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Heliophobius angonicus

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

angonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.9.21.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bf457c8f-a7e4-45cf-b238-7d901e0908c2

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611328

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Heliophobius argenteocinereus

W. C. H. Peters, 1846

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

argenteocinereus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26672.a, RMNH.MAM.26672.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26672.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26672.b

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Happold (2013:665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9828/115094392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Heliophobius emini

Noack, 1893

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

emini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

559

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39199637

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Georhychus argenteo-cinereus

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

argenteocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835450

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Myoscalops argenteocinereus

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

argenteocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

937

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988178

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:937, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Heliophobius argenteocinereus albifrons

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Heliophobius argenteocinereus angonicus

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

angonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Heliophobius argenteocinereus argenteocinereus

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

argenteocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heliophobius argenteocinereus emini

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

emini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heliophobius argenteocinereus robustus

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Georychus albifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500416

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Georychus pallidus

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500417

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

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