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--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
--> GENUS Cryptomys
SPECIES Cryptomys damarensis
| Author: | Ogilby, 1838. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 5. | | Common Name: | Damara Mole-rat | | Type Locality: | Namibia, Damaraland. | | Distribution: | E Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe, S Zambia, S Angola. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Included as a subspecies of hottentotus by de Graaff (1975, 1981) but considered a distinct species based on characteristics of the infraorbital foramina by Honeycutt et al. (1991). Protein electrophoretic data (Filippucci et al., 1994; 1997) suggest this taxon is more closely related to anselli, kafuensis, and mechowi than to hottentotus. Karyotype has 2n=74 or 78 and FN=92 (Nevo et al., 1986). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
lugardi (de Winton, 1898)
micklemi (Chubb, 1909)
ovamboensis Roberts, 1946
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