Ghana mole-rat

Species of rodent

Ghana mole-rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys
Species:
F. zechi
Binomial name
Fukomys zechi
(Matschie, 1900)

The Ghana mole-rat or Togo mole-rat (Fukomys zechi) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Ghana.

Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, caves, and arable land. It commonly breeds during rainy months such as March to August. In a colony, reproduction is limited to one male and one female.

[2] An important source of food for the Ghana mole-rats is the succulent roots of most plants. The mole rats eat the roots and taproots of various plants such as Arachis, Vigna, Cucumeropsis and Dioscorea abyssinica, as well as young Anacardium.

References

  1. ^ Maree, S.; Faulkes, C.; Schlitter, D. (2016). "Fukomys zechi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5751A22184502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5751A22184502.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Yeboah, S.; Dakwa, K. B. (June 2002). "Aspects of the feeding habits and reproductive biology of the Ghana mole-rat Cryptomys zechi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)". African Journal of Ecology. 40 (2): 110–119. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2028.2002.00326.x. ISSN 0141-6707.
  • Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. pp 1538–1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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Extant species of family Bathyergidae (African mole-rats)
Bathyerginae
Bathyergus
  • Namaqua dune mole-rat (Bathyergus janetta)
  • Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus)
Cryptomys
  • Common mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus)
  • Matabeleland mole-rat (Cryptomys nimrodi)
Fukomys
  • Zambian mole-rat(Fukomys amatus)
  • Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)
  • Bocage's mole-rat (Fukomys bocagei)
  • Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis)
  • Mashona mole-rat (Fukomys darlingi)
  • Nigerian mole-rat (Fukomys foxi)
  • Fukomys hanangensis
  • Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)
  • Kafue mole-rat (Fukomys kafuensis)
  • Fukomys livingstoni
  • Mechow's mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii)
  • Micklem's mole-rat (Fukomys micklemi)
  • Fukomys occlusus
  • Ochre mole-rat (Fukomys ochraceocinereus)
  • Caroline's mole rat (Fukomys vandewoestijneae)
  • Fukomys whytei
  • Ghana mole-rat (Fukomys zechi)
Georychus
  • Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis)
Heliophobius
  • Silvery mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus)
Heterocephalinae
Heterocephalus
  • Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Fukomys zechi

Category"Taxa named by Paul Matschie


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