Cryptomys
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Cryptomys Fossil range: Early Pliocene to Recent |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Species | ||||||||||||
|
Cryptomys amatus |
Cryptomys is the genus of common mole rats. The seven species that compose this genus are endemic to Africa.
- genus Cryptomys
- Cryptomys amatus (Zambian Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys anselli (Ansell's Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys bocagei (Bocage's Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys damarensis (Damara Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys darlingi (Darling's Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys foxi (Nigerian Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys hottentotus (African Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys kafuensis (Kafue Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys mechowi (Mechow's Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys ochraceocinereus (Ochre Mole Rat)
- Cryptomys zechi (Togo Mole Rat)
[edit] References
- 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.
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
This rodent article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
