Heliophobius

Heliophobius argenteocinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phiomorpha

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 Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Phiomorpha

Familia: Bathyergidae
Genus: Heliophobius
Species (2): H. argenteocinereus – H. kapiti

Name

Heliophobius Peters, 1846: 259

• Type species: Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1846. Tette über neue Säugethiergattungen aus den Ordnungen der Insectenfresser und Nagethiere. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1846: 257–259. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bryja, J., Konvičková, H., Bryjová, A., Mikula, O., Makundi, R., Chitaukali, W.N. & Šumbera, R. 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: 82–92. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.08.006 Reference page. 
• Uhrová, M., Mikula, O., Bennett, N.C., Van Daele, P., Piálek, L., Bryja, J., Visser, J.H., Jansen van Vuuren, B. & 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107337 Reference page.