Bathyergus suillus (Schreber 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Bathyergidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538-1542 : 1538

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11336201
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scientific name	Bathyergus suillus (Schreber 1782)
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Bathyergus suillus (Schreber 1782) View in CoL

[Mus] suillus Schreber 1782 View in CoL , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 4: 715.

Type Locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope.

Vernacular Names: Cape Dune Mole-rat.

Synonyms: Bathyergus africana (Lamarck 1796) ; Bathyergus intermedius Roberts 1926 ; Bathyergus maritimus (Gmelin 1788) .

Distribution: S South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: De Graaff (1981) considered suillus monotypic. Karyptype has 2n=56 and FN=102 ( Nevo et al., 1986).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
InfraOrder	Hystricognathi
Family	Bathyergidae
SubFamily	Bathyerginae
Genus	Bathyergus

Bathyergus suillus (Schreber 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

[Mus] suillus

Schreber 1782: 715

1782

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