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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
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--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
--> GENUS Cryptomys
SPECIES Cryptomys darlingi
| Author: | Roberts, 1895. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 239. | | Common Name: | Darling’s Mole-rat | | Type Locality: | Zimbabwe, Salisbury (= Harare) (1524 m). | | Distribution: | E Zimbabwe and W Mozambique. | | Comments: | Included as a subspecies of hottentotus by de Graaff (1975, 1981) and Honeycutt et al. (1991) but considered a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation by Aguilar (1993). Karyotype has 2n=54 and FN=80 (Aguilar, 1993). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
beirae (Thomas and Wroughton, 1907)
nimrodi (de Winton, 1896)
zimbitiensis Roberts, 1946
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