IRMNG - Cryptomys Gray, 1864

IRMNG taxon details

Cryptomys Gray, 1864

IRMNG_ID

1294395 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1294395)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841

Synonymised names

Coetomys Gray, 1864 · unaccepted

Typhloryctes Fitzinger, 1867 · unaccepted

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Species Cryptomys bocagei (de Winton, 1897)
Species Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838)
Species Cryptomys darlingi
Species Cryptomys foxi (Thomas, 1911)
Species Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826)
Species Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881)
Species Cryptomys natalensis
Species Cryptomys ochraceocinereus (Heuglin, 1864)
Species Cryptomys zechi (Matschie, 1900)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 124 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Originally as subgenus of Georychus, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005.

Taxonomic remark Originally as subgenus of Georychus, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Cryptomys Gray, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1294395 on 2024-11-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)
Notes (2)

original description Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 124 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family 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. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source 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. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Typhloryctes Fitzinger, 1867) S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl., 55 (1)
page(s): 502 [details]

original description (of Coetomys Gray, 1864) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 125 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Originally as subgenus of Georychus, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Type species as cited Georychus holosericeus Wagner, 1842 (= Bathyergus hottentotus Lesson, 1826). [details]