Fukomys

Fukomys is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus Cryptomys;^[1] its species are endemic to Africa. The species contained in the genus includes :

• Fukomys amatus - Zambian mole-rat
• Fukomys anselli - Ansell's mole-rat
• Fukomys bocagei - Bocage's mole-rat
• Fukomys damarensis - Damaraland mole-rat
• Fukomys darlingi - Mashona mole-rat
• Fukomys foxi - Nigerian mole-rat
• Fukomys hanangensis - Hanang mole-rat
• Fukomys ilariae - Somali striped mole rat^[2]
• Fukomys kafuensis - Kafue mole-rat
• Fukomys livingstoni - Livingstone's mole-rat
• Fukomys mechowii - Mechow's mole-rat
• Fukomys micklemi - Micklem's mole-rat
• Fukomys occlusus
• Fukomys ochraceocinereus - Ochre mole-rat
• Fukomys vandewoestijneae - Caroline's mole rat^[3]
• Fukomys whytei - Whyte's mole-rat
• Fukomys zechi - Ghana mole-rat

Fukomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
Fukomys anselli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Bathyergidae
Genus:	Fukomys Kock et al., 2006
Species
See text

References

1. Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55.
2. Gippoliti, Spartaco; Giovanni Amori (2011). "A new species of mole-rat (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) from the Horn of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2918: 39–46.
3. van Daele, P.A.A.G.; Blondé, P.; Stjernstedt, R.; Adriens, D. (2013). "A new species of African Mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3636: 171–189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.7.