Fukomys

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 226

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a3
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:059171D0-809D-47F5-9030-669522C36E69
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B8879E-F309-382C-0580-FC39C2A7C3BF
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Fukomys
status

Treatment

Fukomys [ Cryptomys ] zechi (Matschie, 1900) °

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — Type locality was reported as “Kete Kratchi” in “ Togo ” ( Matschie 1900b), but this is now in modern day Ghana. All currently known localities and natural history information are from Ghana between the Oti and the Middle Volta Rivers area, especially around Atebubu, Ghana ( Rosevear 1969; Grubb et al. 1998; Yeboah & Akyeampong 2001; Yeboah & Dakwa 2002).

REMARK

The new name Fukomys is based on the work of Kock et al. (2006).