Fukomys foxi

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Nigerian Mole-rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-04-29. On mammals collected by the Rev. G. T. Fox in northern Nigeria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(41):457-463.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098423

Original name as described

Georychus foxi

Other common names

Fox's Mole-rat · Nigerian Mole Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.24.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e675857a-64bb-4be9-94a4-18fc3602c5ec

Type locality

Panyam, Jos Plateau, 4000' [1212 m], Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Nigeria

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cryptomys to Coetomys and later to the recently described Fukomys once Coetomys was shows to be a synonym of Cryptomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Ingram, C.M., Burda, H. and 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 · Kock, D., Ingram, C.M., Frabotta, L.J., Honeycutt, R.L. and Burda, H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142(1):51-55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1142.1.4

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001267

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Georychus foxi

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.24.19

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Panyam, 4000'.

Type locality

Nigeria.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e675857a-64bb-4be9-94a4-18fc3602c5ec

Authority page

462

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098423

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Cryptomys foxi:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

427

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782324

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:427, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Woods (1993:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Happold (2013:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Coetomys foxi:

Ingram, Burda, & Honeycutt, 2004

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1008

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

Ingram, Burda & Honeycutt (2004:1008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3079)

Fukomys foxi:

Monadjem, P. J. Taylor, Denys, & Cotterill, 2015

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Monadjem, Taylor, Denys & Cotterill (2015:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58104)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5754/22184832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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