Fukomys

Fukomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
Fukomys anselli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Bathyergidae
Genus:	Fukomys Kock et al., 2006
Type species
Bathyergus damarensis Ogilby, 1838 [1]
Species
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Fukomys is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus Cryptomys ; ^[1] its species are endemic to Africa. The species contained in the genus includes:

• Fukomys amatus - Zambian mole-rat
• Fukomys anselli - Ansell's mole-rat
• Fukomys bocagei - Bocage's mole-rat
• Fukomys damarensis - Damaraland mole-rat
• Fukomys darlingi - Mashona mole-rat
• Fukomys foxi - Nigerian mole-rat
• Fukomys hanangensis - Hanang mole-rat
• Fukomys ilariae - Somali striped mole rat ^[2]
• Fukomys kafuensis - Kafue mole-rat
• Fukomys livingstoni - Livingstone's mole-rat
• Fukomys mechowii - Mechow's mole-rat
• Fukomys micklemi - Micklem's mole-rat
• Fukomys occlusus
• Fukomys ochraceocinereus - Ochre mole-rat
• Fukomys vandewoestijneae - Caroline's mole rat ^[3]
• Fukomys whytei - Whyte's mole-rat
• Fukomys zechi - Ghana mole-rat

References

1. Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55.
2. Gippoliti, Spartaco; Giovanni Amori (2011). "A new species of mole-rat (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) from the Horn of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2918: 39–46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2918.1.4.
3. van Daele, P.A.A.G.; Blondé, P.; Stjernstedt, R.; Adriens, D. (2013). "A new species of African Mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3636: 171–189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.7. PMID   26042288.