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Fukomys

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Infraordo: Phiomorpha
Familia: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys

Name

Fukomys Kock et al., 2006

Type species

* Bathyergus damarensis Ogilby, 1838, by original designation

References

* 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. Abstract & excerpt

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