Cryptomys

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Cryptomys
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
Cryptomys hottentotus - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02822.JPG
Cryptomys hottentotus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys
J. E. Gray, 1864
Type species
Georychus holosericeus
Species

Cryptomys hottentotus
Cryptomys mahali
Cryptomys natalensis
Cryptomys nimrodi
Cryptomys pretoriae

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.

Species

The species currently included in this genus are: [2]

The following species were formerly in Cryptomys but later moved to the genus Fukomys :

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "Cryptomys Gray, 1864". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.