Nigerian Mole Rat

Nigerian Mole Rat

Cryptomys foxi
(Thomas, 1911)

The Nigerian Mole Rat (Cryptomys foxi) is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and caves.

[edit] References

Maree, S. & Faulkes, C. 2004. Cryptomys foxi. 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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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)