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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
--> GENUS Cryptomys
SPECIES Cryptomys kafuensis
| Author: | Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika, 1999. | | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 64(1): 39. | | Common Name: | Kafue Mole-rat | | Type Locality: | Zambia, Southern Prov., Kafue National Park, "hot springs" in Itezhi-Tezhi. | | Distribution: | Vicinity of Itezhi-Tezhi, S Zambia. | | Comments: | Protein electrophoretic data (Filippucci et al., 1997) suggest affinity with anselli and mechowi. Karyotype with a 2n=58 and FN=78 (Burda et al., 1999). |
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