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Cryptomys

Cryptomys
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
Cryptomys hottentotus - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02822.JPG
Cryptomys hottentotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys
Gray, 1864
Species

Cryptomys anomalus
Cryptomys holosericeus
Cryptomys hottentotus
Cryptomys natalensis
Cryptomys nimrodi


Cryptomys anomalus
Cryptomys holosericeus
Cryptomys hottentotus
Cryptomys natalensis
Cryptomys nimrodi

Cryptomys is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus Fukomys in 2006.


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