Fukomys
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Fukomys |
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Fukomys [ Cryptomys ] zechi (Matschie, 1900) °
HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — Type locality was reported as “Kete Kratchi” in “ Togo ” ( Matschie 1900b), but this is now in modern day Ghana. All currently known localities and natural history information are from Ghana between the Oti and the Middle Volta Rivers area, especially around Atebubu, Ghana ( Rosevear 1969; Grubb et al. 1998; Yeboah & Akyeampong 2001; Yeboah & Dakwa 2002).
REMARK
The new name Fukomys is based on the work of Kock et al. (2006).
GRUBB P., JONES T. S., DAVIES A. G., EDBERG E., SARIN E. D. & HILL J. E. 1998 - Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 p.
KOCK D., INGRAM C. M., FRABOTTA L. J., HONEYCUTT R. L., BURDA H. 2006. - On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51 - 55.
MATSCHIE P. 1900 b. - Eine neue Abart von Georhychus aus Togo, Deutsch West-Afrika. Sitzungsbericht der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 4: 145 - 147.
ROSEVEAR D. R. 1969. - The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 677: 1 - 604.
YEBOAH S. & AKYEAMPONG S. 2001. - Factors influencing the distribution of the mole rat, Cryptomys zechi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) in Ghana. African Journal of Ecology 39: 233 - 240.
YEBOAH S. & DAKWA K. B. 2002. - Colony and social structure of the Ghana Mole-rat (Cryptomys zechi, Matchie [sic!]) (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Journal of Zoology 256: 85 - 91.
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