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Georychus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Taxonomy
Georychus was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cunicularia by Illiger (1811); and to Bathyergidae by Honeycutt et al. (1987).

Species
G. capensis (syn. G. yatesi, G. capensis canescens, Mus buffoni, Fossor leucops)
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2007-08-02; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Georychus Illiger p. 87
1987Georychus Honeycutt et al. p. 280

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
infraorderPhiomorphaLavocat 1962
familyBathyergidaeWaterhouse 1841
genusGeorychus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Georychus Illiger 1811
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Georychus capensis Pallas 1778 [Cape mole-rat]
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Invalid names: Fossor leucops Lichtenstein 1844 [synonym], Georychus capensis canescens Thomas and Schwann 1906 [synonym], Georychus yatesi Roberts 1913 [synonym], Mus buffoni Cuvier 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:41:01
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:41:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa G. capensis (21916)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa G. capensis (21711)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa G. capensis (21862)