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Heterocephalus (naked mole-rat)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Taxonomy
Heterocephalus was named by Rüppell (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bathyergidae by Honeycutt et al. (1987), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
H. glaber
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. atikoi, H. quenstedti, H. quenstedti
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Heterocephalus Rüppell p. 99
1987Heterocephalus Honeycutt et al. p. 280
1997Heterocephalus McKenna and Bell

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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
suborderHystricomorpha
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
familyBathyergidaeWaterhouse 1841
genusHeterocephalusRüppell 1842

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. Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842 [naked mole-rat]
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Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell 1842 [naked mole rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:41:42
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:41:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Heterocephalus quenstedti (32050)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Heterocephalus quenstedti (21793 21798 21799 21800 21810 21811 21831)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Heterocephalus atikoi (21545 21625 21681)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Heterocephalus sp. (22041 22064 22621)