Kafue Mole Rat

Kafue Mole Rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Bathyergidae
Genus:	Fukomys
Species:	F. kafuensis
Binomial name
Fukomys kafuensis (Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)
Synonyms
Cryptomys kafuensis

The Kafue Mole Rat (Fukomys kafuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

References

1. ^ Coterill, F. P. D. & Maree, S. (2008). Cryptomys kafuensis. 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.