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Cryptomys hottentotus (common mole rat)
Taxonomy
Bathyergus hottentotus was named by Lesson (1826). It is extant.
It was recombined as Cryptomys hottentotus by Honeycutt et al. (1987).
It was recombined as Cryptomys hottentotus by Honeycutt et al. (1987).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1826 | Bathyergus hottentotus Lesson |
1987 | Cryptomys hottentotus Honeycutt et al. p. 282 |
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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
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 |
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene | South Africa | Cryptomys hottentotus (22339 22341 22353) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Cryptomys hottentotus (21915) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Cryptomys hottentotus (21949) | |
Calabrian | South Africa | Cryptomys hottentotus (21961) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Zambia | Cryptomys hottentotus (68340 68341) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Cryptomys hottentotus (21693) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Cryptomys hottentotus (21862 21896) |