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Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Njova. Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord. vol.76 p.172

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Bathyergidae
genus
Georychus
species
Georychus capensis

Name

Synonyms
Fossor leucops Lichtenstein, 1844
Georychus buffonii (Cuvier, 1834)
Georychus capensis canescens Thomas & Schwann, 1906
Georychus leucops (Lichtenstein, 1844)
Georychus yatesi Roberts, 1913
Mus buffoni Cuvier, 1834
Mus capensis (Pallas, 1778)
Myotalpa capensis (Pallas, 1778)
Homonyms
Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778)
Common names
Bathyergue du Cap in French
Bathyergue du Cap in French
Blesmol in Afrikaans
Blesmole in language.
Cape Blesmol in English
Cape Blesmol in English
Cape Blesmol in English
Cape Blesmol in English
Cape Mole Rat in English
Cape Mole Rat in English
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape Mole-rat in language.
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape mole-rat in English
Eigentlicher Blessmull in German
Eigentlicher Blässmull in German
Jordborer in Norwegian Bokmål
Kaapse Blesmol in Afrikaans
Kaapse Blesmolrat in Dutch
Kap-Blessmull in German
Kap-Blessmull in German
Kapbleßmull in German
Kapblässmull in German
Kapmullratte in German
Rata in language.
Rata topo de El Cabo in language.
Rato-toupeira-do-cabo in Portuguese
Valkokuonomyyrikkö in Finnish
piaskogrzeb przylądkowy in Polish
rypoš kapský in Czech
Капский землекоп in Russian
جرذ الخلد الرأسي in Arabic
キボウホウデバネズミ in Japanese
Cape Mole-rat in English
Cape Blesmol in English
Cape Mole Rat in English
Kaapse Blesmol in Afrikaans

Bibliographic References

  1. Uhrová, M., O. Mikula, N. C. Bennett, P. Van Daele, L. Piálek, J. Bryja, J. H. Visser, et al., 2021: Species limits and phylogeographic structure in two genera of solitary African mole-rats Georychus and Heliophobius. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 167, no. 107337. 1-17.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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