Mashona mole-rat
(Redirected from Cryptomys darlingi)
| Mashona mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Genus: | Fukomys |
| Species: | F. darlingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Fukomys darlingi (Thomas, 1895)
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Cryptomys darlingi | |
The Mashona mole-rat (Fukomys darlingi) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and caves.
References[edit]
- ^ Maree, S.; Faulkes, C.; Cotterill, F. (2016). "Fukomys darlingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44860A22184755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44860A22184755.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- 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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