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--> 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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