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 HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
 --> ORDER RODENTIA
 --> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
 --> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
 --> FAMILY Bathyergidae
 --> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
 --> GENUS Cryptomys
				
  SPECIES Cryptomys anselli 
				
| Author: | Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika, 1999. |  | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 64(1): 37. |  | Common Name: | Ansell’s Mole-rat |  | Type Locality: | Zambia, Lusaka Prov., NE part of Lusaka, Chainama Hills Golf Club. |  | Distribution: | Vicinity of Lusaka, S Zambia. |  | Comments: | Protein electrophoretic data (Filippucci et al., 1997) suggest a close relationship with mechowi. Karyotype has 2n=68 and FN=75-78 (Burda et al., 1999). |  
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