Mashona Mole-rat

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Mashona Mole-rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys
Species: C. darlingi
Binomial name
Cryptomys darlingi

The Mashona Mole-rat (Cryptomys darlingi) is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and caves.

[edit] References

  • Maree, S., Faulkes, C. & Cotterill, W. 2004. Cryptomys darlingi. 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.
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