Cryptomys natalensis
(A. Roberts, 1913)
Natal Mole-rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : incertae sedis |
| Family | : Bathyergidae |
| Genus | : Cryptomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum registered up to the 31st March, 1913, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(2):65-107.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439552Original name as described
Georychus natalensis
Type material
TM 1245
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Dargle District (=Dargle, Natal Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Mozambique · South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini
Taxonomy notes
split from C. hottentotus; the synonym listing for Cryptomys species is highly tentative and needs to be investigated carefully for all taxa
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Denys, C. and Cotterill, F.P.D. 2015. Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis. . De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. · Visser, J. H., Bennett, N. C., & van Vuuren, B. J. (2019). Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes. PeerJ, 7, e7730.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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