Cryptomys
Cryptomys is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa.[1] Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus Fukomys in 2006.
| Cryptomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
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| Cryptomys hottentotus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Genus: | Cryptomys Gray, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Georychus holosericeus | |
| Species | |
References
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55.
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