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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
--> GENUS Georychus
SPECIES Georychus capensis
| Author: | Pallas, 1778. | | Citation: | Njova. Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord., 76: 172. | | Common Name: | Cape Mole-rat | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Cape of Good Hope. | | Distribution: | South Africa. | | Status: | IUCN – KwaZulu Natal population Critically Endangered, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Roberts (1951) recognized three subspecies capensis, canescens and yatesi but de Graaff (1975) considered this taxon monotypic. Karyotype has 2n=54 and FN=100 (Nevo et al., 1986). Honeycutt et al. (1991:53) indicated there may be two species in South Africa, based on differences in mtDNA sequences and allozyme frequencies. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
buffonii (Cuvier, 1834)
canescens (Thomas and Schwann, 1906)
leucops (Lichtenstein, 1844)
yatesi (Roberts, 1913)
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