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Heterocephalus Rüppell, 1842

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Mus. Senckenbergianum Abh. vol.3 2 p.99

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Bathyergidae
genus
Heterocephalus

Name

Synonyms
Fornarina Thomas, 1903
Homonyms
Heterocephalus Rüppell, 1842
Heterocephalus Marion, 1870
Common names
Eterocefalo glabro in Italian
Nacktmulle in German
Naked Mole-rat in language.
Rata topo desnuda in Spanish
Ratto talpa nudo in Italian
golec in Polish
kaljumyyriköt in Finnish
naked mole-rat in English
Голые Землекопы in Russian
ハダカデバネズミ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Abh. Senckenb. Mus., 3 (2)
  2. Denys, Christiane, 2022: Origin and evolution of Heterocephalus from East Africa (Rodentia: Heterocephalidae). Lynx, n.s., vol. 53. 93-124.
  3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Patterson, B. D., and N. S. Upham, 2014: A newly recognized family from the Horn of Africa, the Heterocephalidae (Rodentia: Ctenohystrica). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 172. 942-963.
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  8. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2016: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. 987.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  12. Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600.
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