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.
Cryptomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent | |
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Cryptomys hottentotus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Bathyergidae |
Genus: | Cryptomys J. E. Gray, 1864 |
Type species | |
Georychus holosericeus | |
Species | |
Cryptomys hottentotus |
The species currently included in this genus are:
The following species were formerly in Cryptomys but later moved to the genus Fukomys:
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