''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
''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.
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
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