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Cryptomys hottentotus

Description

Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826). Zool., 1:166.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, S.W. Cape Prov., near Paarl (east of Capetown).

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Tanzania, S. Zaire, and Namibia.

COMMENT: Includes bocagei, damarensis, darlingi, holosericeus, and natalensis; see de Graaff, 1975, Part 6.9:3-4.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410032002006001 as C. hottentotus.

5301410032002001001 as C. bolcagei (sic).

5301410032002002001 as C. damarensis.

5301410032002003001 as C. darlingi.

5301410032002005001 as C. holosericeus.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 593, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lesson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Bathyergidae
Genus
Cryptomys
Species
hottentotus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • de Graaff, G. 1975. Family Bathyergidae. Part 6.9. Pp. 1 - 5, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.