Nigerian Mole Rat

Nigerian Mole Rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Bathyergidae
Genus:	Fukomys
Species:	F. foxi
Binomial name
Fukomys foxi (Thomas, 1911)
Synonyms
Cryptomys foxi

The Nigerian Mole Rat (Fukomys foxi) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and caves.

References

1. ^ Maree, S. & Faulkes, C. (2008). Cryptomys foxi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.

• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.