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Common Molerats
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Common Molerats

Cryptomys

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.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Highveld Mole-rat

speciesCryptomys pretoriae

Common Molerat

speciesCryptomys hottentotus

Natal Mole-rat

speciesCryptomys natalensis

Mahali Mole-rat

speciesCryptomys mahali

Matabeleland Mole-rat

speciesCryptomys nimrodi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43747.