Heterocephalus glaber

Heterocephalus glaber

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rodentia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia

Familia: Heterocephalidae
Genus: Heterocephalus
Species: Heterocephalus glaber

Name

Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842: 99

• Holotype: SMF 855, adult indet., skin and skull, collected by Eduard Rüppell in 1841.
• Type locality: “die Wiesen-Thäler in Schoa, südlich von Abyssinien, wo es in Erdhöhlen lebt”.

Synonyms

• Heterocephalus phillipsi Thomas, 1885: 612
  • Holotype: BMNH 85.12.10.1, adult ♀, body in alcohol.
  • Type locality: “Gerlogobie, Ogardain, Central Somali-land”.

References

Primary references

• Rüppell, E. 1842. Säugethiere aus der Ordnung der Nager, beobachtet im nordöstlichen Africa. Museum Senckenbergianum 3(2): 91–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1885. [Remarks on a burrowing rodent, Heterocephalus phillipsi, n. sp.]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 53(3): 611–612. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1885.tb07866.x BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. [1885] 1886. Notes on the rodent genus Heterocephalus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 53(4): 845–849, pl. 54, figs. 1–5. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1885.tb02925.x BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Heterocephalus glaber  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nacktmull
English: Naked Mole-rat
français: Rat-taupe nu
magyar: Csupasz turkáló
íslenska: Snoðrotta
Nederlands: Naakte molrat
norsk nynorsk: Nakenrotte
norsk: Nakenrotte
Türkçe: Tüysüz körfare
中文: 裸鼹鼠

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