Georychus capensis

(Pallas, 1779)

Cape Mole-rat

Close-up of head. Also as Cape Blesmol.
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Location:Date taken:1 January 1988Description:Close-up of head. Also as Cape Blesmol.

Distribution :

South Africa

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1086

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494904 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495000

Original name as described

Mus capensis

Other common names

Cape Blesmol · Cape Mole Rat

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001278

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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: 18 names and synonyms.

Mus capensis

Pallas, 1779

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

a belgicis Promontorii bonae spei colonis

Type locality

South Africa: Western Cape.

Authority page

76, 172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494904 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495000

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Boddaert (1785:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Wolf (1808:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
Goldfuss (1809:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Wagler (1830:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)

Talpoïdes Capensis:

Daudin, 1802

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033420

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Muirhead (1819:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Spalax Capensis:

Treviranus, 1803

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Fischer (1829:302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Sphalax capensis:

Tiedemann, 1808

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

477

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

Tiedemann (1808:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37333)

Arctomys capensis:

Thunberg, 1811

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767802

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Thunberg (1811:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)

Ellobius capensis:

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

viii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Georychus Capensis:

Illiger, 1815

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Lichtenstein (1818:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68386)
Hemprich (1820:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Goldfuss (1820:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
Smith (1826:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36081)
Burmeister (1837:810, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
Murray (1866:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Allen (1895:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
Trouessart (1897:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:488, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Roberts (1913:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
Shortridge (1934:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:431, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Shortridge (1942:63, 96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888980, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
Shortridge (1942:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Corbet & Hill (1991:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Happold (2013:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9077/110019425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bathyergus capensis:

Ranzani, 1820

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807994

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

Ranzani (1820:414, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
Schinz (1821:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Desmarest (1822:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Lesson (1827:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Brants (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47496958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
Burnett (1830:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
Smuts (1832:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)

Mus buffonii

F. Cuvier, 1834

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

buffonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

South Africa: Western Cape.

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271061

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

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

Georychus Buffonii:

Burmeister, 1837

Family

Bathyergidae

Root name

buffonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

810

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858145

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Burmeister (1837:810, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)

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