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Georychus capensis  (Pallas, 1778)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584675

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Georychus buffonii (Cuvier, 1834)
  
    Georychus leucops (Lichtenstein, 1844)
  
    Georychus yatesi Roberts, 1913
  
    Georychus capensis canescens Thomas and Schwann, 1906
  
    Mus capensis Pallas, 1778
  
  Common Name(s): Cape Mole-rat [English]
  
    Cape Blesmol [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderHystricomorpha Brandt, 1855  
                                     InfraorderHystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents  
                                        FamilyBathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 – African mole-rats  
                                           GenusGeorychus Illiger, 1811  
                                              SpeciesGeorychus capensis (Pallas, 1778) – Cape Mole-rat, Cape Blesmol  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Woods  
  Notes: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035   
  Reference for: Georychus capensis    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Uhrová, M., O. Mikula, N. C. Bennett, P. Van Daele, L. Piálek, J. Bryja, J. H. Visser, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species limits and phylogeographic structure in two genera of solitary African mole-rats Georychus and Heliophobius   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 167, no. 107337   
  Page(s): 1-17   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107337   
  Reference for: Georychus capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Georychus capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I   
  Page(s): 987   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-941892-34   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Georychus capensis, Cape Mole-rat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 1538-1600   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Georychus capensis, Cape Mole-rat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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