African Mole Rat

African Mole Rat

Taxobox
name = African Mole Rat


status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Bathyergidae
genus = "Cryptomys"
species = "C. hottentotus"
binomial = "Cryptomys hottentotus"
binomial_authority = (Lesson, 1826)
synonyms = The African Mole Rat ("Cryptomys hottentotus") is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family.It is found in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, caves, pastureland, and rural gardens.

References

* Maree, S. & Faulkes, C. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/5755/all Cryptomys hottentotus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*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.


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