Cryptomys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

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| fossil_range = Early Pliocene to Recent

| image = Cryptomys hottentotus Whatmore 1.jpg

| image_caption = Cryptomys hottentotus

| taxon = Cryptomys

| authority = J. E. Gray, 1864

| type_species = Georychus holosericeus

| type_species_authority = Wagner, 1842
(= Bathyergus hottentotus Lesson, 1826)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Cryptomys hottentotus

Cryptomys mahali

Cryptomys natalensis

Cryptomys nimrodi

Cryptomys pretoriae

}}

Cryptomys is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa.{{MSW3|id=13400007}} Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus Fukomys in 2006.

Species

The species currently included in this genus are:{{Cite web |title=Cryptomys Gray, 1864 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2437211 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}

The following species were formerly in Cryptomys but later moved to the genus Fukomys:

References

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  • Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zootaxa 1142: 51–55.

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Category:Rodent genera

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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