Fukomys micklemi

(Chubb, 1909)

Micklem's 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

Authority citation

Chubb, E.C. 1909-01-01. On mammals from the Upper Zambezi River. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)3(13):33-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071388

Original name as described

Georychus micklemi

Other common names

Micklem's Mole Rat

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Kataba River, Upper Zambezi, NW Zambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zambia

Taxonomy notes

split from F. damarensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Faulkes, C.G., Mgode, G.F., Archer, E.K. and 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

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001273

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Georychus micklemi

Chubb, 1909

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

micklemi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Kataba River, Upper Zambezi, North-western Rhodesia.

Type locality

Zambia.

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071388

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cryptomys micklemi:

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

micklemi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1924:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)

Cryptomys damarensis micklemi:

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

micklemi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

320

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:427, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Coetomys micklemi:

Ingram, Burda, & Honeycutt, 2004

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

micklemi

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 micklemi:

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

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

micklemi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Monadjem, Taylor, Denys & Cotterill (2015:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58104)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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