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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
GENUS Cryptomys
| Author: | Gray, 1864. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864: 124. | | Type Species: | Georychus holosericeus Wagner, 1842 (= Bathyergus hottentotus Lesson, 1826). | | Comments: | Originally a subgenus of Georychus; a relationship generally not supported by molecular data (Allard and Honeycutt, 1992; Honeycutt et al., 1991; Janecek et al., 1992; Nevo et al., 1987; Walton et al., 2000), which suggest a sister taxon relationship between Georychus and Bathyergus. This genus has long been problematic because of extreme morphological variation and is in need of further revision. |
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