Ansell's Mole Rat

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Ansell's Mole Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Bathyergidae Genus: Cryptomys Species: C. anselli
Binomial name
Cryptomys anselli Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999

Ansell's Mole Rat (Cryptomys anselli) is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and caves.

[edit] References

• Coterill, W. & Maree, S. 2004. Cryptomys anselli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

v • d • e Extant species of family Bathyergidae (African mole rats) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Phiomorpha Bathyerginae Georychus Cape Mole Rat (Georychus capensis) Cryptomys Zambian Mole Rat (Cryptomys amatus) · Ansell's Mole Rat (Cryptomys anselli) · Bocage's Mole Rat (Cryptomys bocagei) · Damaraland Mole Rat (Cryptomys damarensis) · Mashona Mole-rat (Cryptomys darlingi) · Nigerian Mole Rat (Cryptomys foxi) · African Mole Rat (Cryptomys hottentotus) · Kafue Mole Rat (Cryptomys kafuensis) · Mechow's Mole Rat (Cryptomys mechowi) · Ochre Mole Rat (Cryptomys ochraceocinereus) · Ghana Mole Rat (Cryptomys zechi) Heliophobius Silvery mole rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) Bathyergus Namaqua Dune Mole Rat (Bathyergus janetta) · Cape Dune Mole Rat (Bathyergus suillus) Heterocephalinae Heterocephalus Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) Category