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Taxonomic status and remarks on ecology of the Malawian mole-ratCryptomys whytei (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) |
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| Authors: | Hynek Burda Radim ?umbera Wilbert N Chitaukali Gilbert L Dryden |
| Institution: | 1. Departm ent of Gene ral Zoology, Facu lty of Biol ogy and Geography, University of Duisburg-Essen, D-45117, Essen, Germany 2. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Brani?ovská 31, CZ-370 05, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic 3. Biology Department Chancellor College, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 280, Zomba, Malawi 4. 49100 So. Mill Site Rd., 65010, Ashland, MO, USA |
| Abstract: | Mole-rats from Karonga, Malawi, the type locality ofCryptomys hottentotus whytei, and a single female mole-rat from the Malawian Nyika Plateau exhibit a karyotype 2n = 4 6 chromosomes, wit h 1 5 metacentr ic an d 8 acrocentr ic chromosome, s ie NF (female) = 76. This trait, together with several morphological features and a previously published genetic analysis (Ingramet al. 2004), identifies this species as a good species, unrelated toCryptomys hottentotus of South Africa, which belongs to the Zambezian clade of the genusCryptomys sensu lato (cf Ingramet al. 2004) and should be therefore called Whyte’s mole-rat,Cryptomys whytei. Available data on ecology and reproductive biology sugges t simila r characteristic s a s i n othe r mole-rat s o f th e genu.s Unexpecte d findin g of lar ge complicat ed undergroun d burro w system s contrasted, howev,e r wi th ve ry f ew abo ve grou nd moun.d s |
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