Fukomys darlingi (Thomas, 1895)

Šumbera, R., Uhrová, M., Begall, S., Caspar, K. R., Jerkovičová, D., Daele, P. Van, Chitaukali, W. N., Faulkes, C. G., Bennett, N. C., Johannes, C., Burda, H. & Mikula, O., 2023, The biology of an isolated Mashona mole-rat population from southern Malawi, with implications for the diversity and biogeography of the genus Fukomys, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 23 (3), pp. 603-620 : 608

Karyotype of F. darlingi from Nsanje

The diploid chromosome number of F. darlingi from Nsanje was 2n = 54 with 23 metacentric chromosomes (including the single X chromosome in males) and 31 acro/ telocentric chromosomes (including the single Y chromosome in males). The fundamental number was 78 with the autosomal fundamental number (aFN) being 76 ( Fig. 3 ).

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Fig.3 Karyogram of a male Fukomys darlingi from Nsanje, Malawi; 2n=54; aFN=76. The chromosomes were paired by eye and ordered according to the position of the centromere and chromosome size. The X chromosome was arbitrarily designated. The vertical bar represents 10 µm