Fukomys
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys
Species (16):
F. amatus –
F. anselli –
F. bocagei –
F. damarensis –
F. darlingi –
F. foxi –
F. hanangensis –
F. ilariae –
F. kafuensis –
F. livingstoni –
F. mechowii –
F. micklemi –
F. ochraceocinereus –
F. vandewoestijneae –
F. whytei –
F. zechi
Name
[edit]Type species: Bathyergus damarensis Ogilby, 1838, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Kock, D., Ingram, C.M., Frabotta, L.J., Honeycutt, R.L. & Burda, H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Ingram, C.M., Burda, H. & 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.004 Reference page.
- Gippoliti, S. & Amori, G. 2011. A new species of mole-rat (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) from the Horn of Africa. Zootaxa 2918: 39–46. Preview Reference page.
- Van Daele, P.A.A.G, Blondé, P., Stjernstedt, R. & Adriaens, D. 2013. A new species of African mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed. Zootaxa 3636(1): 171–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.7 Reference page.
- Faulkes, C.G., Mgode, G.F., Archer, E.K. & Bennett, N.C. 2017. Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov. and F. hanangensis sp. nov. PeerJ 5: e3214. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3214 Reference page.