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Mechow's Mole Rat (Cryptomys mechowi) is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly Malawi. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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- Maree, S. & Faulkes, C. 2004. Cryptomys mechowi. 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.
