Fukomys mechowii

Fukomys mechowii

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: Fukomys
Species: Fukomys mechowi

Name

Fukomys mechowi (Peters, 1881)

Type locality: "Malange"; Angola

Synonymy

• Coetomys mechowii (Peters, 1881)
• Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881) [​orth. err.]
• Cryptomys mechowii (Peters, 1881)
• Fukomys mechowi (Peters, 1881) [orth. err.]
• Fukomys mechowii (Peters, 1881)
• Georychus mechowii Peters, 1881: 133 [Protonym]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1881. Über die von Herrn Major von Mechow von seiner letzten Expedition nach Westafrika mitgebrachten Säugethiere. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (8): 131–133. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Cryptomys mechowi in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Fukomys mechowii (Peters, 1881) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Mechow's mole rat

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