''Fukomys'' is a

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described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''

Cryptomys ''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 ...

'';Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006
On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''Fukomys'' n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia)
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51–55. its species are endemic to

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. The species contained in the genus includes : *'' Fukomys amatus'' - Zambian mole-rat *''

Fukomys anselli Ansell's mole-rat (''Fukomys anselli'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and miombo Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrubl ...

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Ansell's mole-rat Ansell's mole-rat (''Fukomys anselli'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and miombo Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrubl ...

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Bocage's mole-rat Bocage's mole-rat (''Fukomys bocagei'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest ...

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Fukomys damarensis The Damaraland mole-rat (''Fukomys damarensis''), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. Along with the smaller, less hairy, naked mole rat, it is a species of eusocial mammal. Description Like oth ...

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Damaraland mole-rat The Damaraland mole-rat (''Fukomys damarensis''), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. Along with the smaller, less hairy, naked mole rat, it is a species of eusociality, eusocial mammal. Descript ...

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Fukomys darlingi The Mashona mole-rat (''Fukomys darlingi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland ...

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Mashona mole-rat The Mashona mole-rat (''Fukomys darlingi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland ...

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Nigerian mole-rat The Nigerian mole-rat (''Fukomys foxi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in northern Nigeria and Cameroon. A colonial, subterranean species, its natural habitats are tropical dry lowland grassland, riverside woodl ...

*'' Fukomys hanangensis'' - Hanang mole-rat *''

Fukomys ilariae The Somali striped mole rat (''Fukomys ilariae'')Fukomys ilariae' at BioLib.cz is a species of small mole rat that is endemic to the Horn of Africa. The holotype is preserved in the Museo Civico di Zoologia in Rome and probably originated from ...

'' - Somali striped mole rat *'' Fukomys kafuensis'' - Kafue mole-rat *''

Fukomys livingstoni ''Fukomys livingstoni'' is a species of mole rat Mole-rat or mole rat can refer to several groups of burrowing Old World rodents: * Bathyergidae, a family of about 20 hystricognath species in six genera from Africa also called blesmols. *''Heter ...

'' - Livingstone's mole-rat *''

Fukomys mechowii Mechow's mole-rat (''Fukomys mechowii'' ) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly Malawi. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dr ...

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Mechow's mole-rat Mechow's mole-rat (''Fukomys mechowii'' ) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly Malawi. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dr ...

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Fukomys micklemi The Micklem's mole-rat (''Fukomys micklemi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Souther ...

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Micklem's mole-rat The Micklem's mole-rat (''Fukomys micklemi'') is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Souther ...

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Fukomys occlusus ''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 ...

'' *'' Fukomys ochraceocinereus'' - Ochre mole-rat *'' Fukomys vandewoestijneae'' - Caroline's mole rat *'' Fukomys whytei'' - Whyte's mole-rat *'' Fukomys zechi'' - Ghana mole-rat

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Bathyergidae Rodent genera Rodents of Africa {{rodent-stub