''Cryptomys'' is the
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
mole-rats, endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus ''
Fukomys
''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common blesmol, mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''Cryptomys'';Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae ...
'' in 2006.
Species
The species currently included in this genus are:
*''
Cryptomys hottentotus''
(Lesson, 1826)
*''
Cryptomys mahali
''Cryptomys'' is the genus of blesmol, mole-rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus ''Fukomys'' in 2006.
Species
The species currently included in this genus are:
*''Cryptomys hottentotu ...
''
(Roberts, 1913)
*''
Cryptomys natalensis''
(Roberts, 1913)
*''
Cryptomys nimrodi''
(de Winton, 1896)
*''
Cryptomys pretoriae''
(Roberts, 1913)
The following species were formerly in ''Cryptomys'' but later moved to the genus ''
Fukomys
''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common blesmol, mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''Cryptomys'';Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae ...
'':
*''
Cryptomys amatus''
(Wroughton, 1907)
*''
Cryptomys anselli''
(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)
*''
Cryptomys bocagei''
(de Winton, 1897)
*''
Cryptomys damarensis''
(Ogilby, 1838)
*''
Cryptomys darlingi''
(Thomas, 1895)
*''
Cryptomys foxi''
(Thomas, 1911)
*''
Cryptomys kafuensis''
(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)
*''
Cryptomys mechowi''
(Peters, 1881)
*''
Cryptomys ochraceocinereus''
(Heuglin, 1864)
*''
Cryptomys zechi''
(Matschie, 1900)
References
* Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''Fukomys'' n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). ''Zootaxa'' 1142: 51–55.
Rodent genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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