The Matabeleland mole-rat (''Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi'') is a subspecies of the

common mole-rat The common mole-rat, African mole-rat, or Hottentot mole-rat, (''Cryptomys hottentotus'') is a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa, in particular in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It also occurs in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, M ...

found in

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

. Like the other subspecies and species of the genus, only one female is responsible for reproduction within the colony.

References

Cryptomys Bathyergidae Mammals described in 1897 Taxa named by William Edward de Winton {{Rodent-stub