Heterocephalus phillipsi
O. Thomas, 1885
Somaliland Naked Mole-rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder | : Phiomorpha |
| Family | : Heterocephalidae |
| Genus | : Heterocephalus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1885-10. Mr. Oldfield Thomas exhibited a specimen of a burrowing Rodent apparently allied to the rare Heterocephalus glaber, Rüppell. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(3):611-612.
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Original name as described
Heterocephalus phillipsi
Other common names
Naked Mole-rat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1885.12.10.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Gerlogobie, Ogardain, Central Somali-land", Somaliland.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Somalia
Taxonomy notes
split from H. glaber
Taxonomy notes citation
Uhrová, M., Mikula, O., Bryja, J., Frýdlová, P., Zemlemerova, E.D., Elmi, H.S.A., Štolhoferová, I., Tymlová, V., Maštera, V., Frynta, D., Lavrenchenko, L.A. and Šumbera, R. 2025. More than one species of the naked mole-rat, a new biomedical model. Communications Biology 9(1):70. doi:10.1038/s42003-025-09338-4
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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.
Total: 7 names and synonyms.
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