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Cryptomys hottentotus (common mole rat)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Taxonomy
Bathyergus hottentotus was named by Lesson (1826). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cryptomys hottentotus by Honeycutt et al. (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. lugardi, C. natalensis, C. robertsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Bathyergus hottentotus Lesson
1987Cryptomys hottentotus Honeycutt et al. p. 282

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
infraorderPhiomorphaLavocat 1962
familyBathyergidaeWaterhouse 1841
genusCryptomysGray 1964
specieshottentotus(Lesson 1826)

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.

Cryptomys hottentotus Lesson 1826 [common mole rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:39:34
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:39:34
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (22339 22341 22353)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Cryptomys hottentotus (68340 68341)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (21862 21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Cryptomys hottentotus (21693)