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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
--> GENUS Cryptomys
SPECIES Cryptomys mechowi
| Author: | Peters, 1881. | | Citation: | Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr., Berlin: 133. | | Common Name: | Giant Mole-rat | | Type Locality: | Angola, Malange. | | Distribution: | Angola, S Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Includes ansorgei, blainei, and mellandi (de Graaff, 1975:3). Corbet and Hill (1991:207) spelled the name mechowii. Karyotype has 2n=40 and FN=76 (Macholán et al., 1993). Filippucci et al. (1997) suggested affinity with anselli, kafuensis and damarensis. |
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