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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Bathyergidae
--> SUBFAMILY Bathyerginae
--> GENUS Cryptomys
SPECIES Cryptomys bocagei
| Author: | de Winton, 1897. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 20: 323. | | Common Name: | Bocage’s Mole-rat | | Type Locality: | Angola, Hanha. | | Distribution: | C Angola, NW Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Included as a subspecies of hottentotus by de Graaff (1975, 1981) but considered a distinct species based on characteristics of the infraorbital foramina by Honeycutt et al. (1991). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
kubangensis (Monard, 1933)
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