Cryptomys natalensis

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Natal Mole-rat

Formerly Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis, Southern African Mole-rat. Also as Natal Mole Rat.
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Location:South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Kamberg Valley, Glengarry Holiday Farm, -29.3232850, 29.7137610Date taken:13 October 2020Description:Formerly Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis, Southern African Mole-rat. Also as Natal Mole Rat.

Distribution :

S Mozambique and E South Africa.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8287

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Phiomorpha
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum registered up to the 31st March, 1913, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(2):65-107.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439552

Original name as described

Georychus natalensis

Other common names

Natal Mole Rat

Type material

TM 1245

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Dargle District (=Dargle, Natal Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Eswatini · Lesotho · Mozambique · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

split from C. hottentotus; the synonym listing for Cryptomys species is highly tentative and needs to be investigated carefully for all taxa

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Denys, C. and Cotterill, F.P.D. 2015. Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1092 pp. doi:10.1515/9783110301915 · Visser, J.H., Bennett, N.C. and Jansen van Vuuren, B. 2019. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes. PeerJ 7:e7730. doi:10.7717/peerj.7730

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001259

Country distribution map

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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: 24 names and synonyms.

Georychus aberrans

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

aberrans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 587

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Port St. Johns

Type locality

South Africa: Eastern Cape.

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439555

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Georychus natalensis

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1245

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Wakkerstroom

Type locality

South Africa: Mpumalanga.

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439552

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Georychus rufulus

A. Roberts, 1917

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 606

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

South Africa: Limpopo.

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50440054

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Georychus stellatus

A. Roberts, 1917

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

stellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1950

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

South Africa: Mpumalanga.

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50440054

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys rufulus:

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1924:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)
Allen (1939:430, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Cryptomys junodi

A. Roberts, 1926

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

junodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 4175

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Masiene, Portuguese S.A.

Type locality

Mozambique.

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Allen (1939:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys melanoticus

A. Roberts, 1926

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

melanoticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2123

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Balloon, Makoetsi River, N.E. Transvaal

Type locality

South Africa: Limpopo.

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Allen (1939:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys langi

A. Roberts, 1929

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 4928

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Karkloof, Natal

Type locality

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal.

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cryptomys aberrans:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

aberrans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782323

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Cryptomys natalensis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782326

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Roberts (1946:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
Corbet & Hill (1991:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Ingram, Burda & Honeycutt (2004:1008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3079)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111935513/111935542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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