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Cryptomys

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Description

Cryptomys is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus Fukomys in 2006.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2437211	https://www.gbif.org/species/2437211
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42001	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42001

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Bathyergidae : Cryptomys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
suborder	Hystricomorpha
infraorder	Hystricognathi
family	Bathyergidae	Waterhouse 1841
genus	Cryptomys	Gray 1864

Scientific Name

Cryptomys Gray, 1864

Name Published In

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1864 p.124

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cryptomys	genus	belongs to Bathyergidae	stated with evidence	Honeycutt et al., 1987
Cryptomys	genus	belongs to Bathyergidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

7.25 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Bathyergidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level

Common Name(s)

Common Mole-rats

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomys

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cryptomys amatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys anselli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys bocagei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys damarensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Damaraland Mole Rat			0 Ma Extant
Cryptomys darlingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys foxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys hottentotus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Common Mole Rat	11	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cryptomys kafuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys kummi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys mechowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys ochraceocinereus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomys zechi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Coetomys Gray, 1864	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Bathyergidae : *Coetomys*
Typhloryctes Fitzinger, 1867	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Bathyergidae : *Typhloryctes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1964	Cryptomys Gray
1987	Cryptomys Honeycutt et al. p. 280
1997	Cryptomys McKenna and Bell

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Honeycutt R. L., Edwards S. V., et al (1987) Mitochondrial DNA variation and the phylogeny of African mole rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), Systematic Zoology 36 3, 280-292

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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