Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Bathyergidae
- ----- species: Cryptomys damarensis
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Characteristics: | herbivore; length: 15 cm; grey fur with a white patch on top of the head; large round head; short tail; tiny eyes and ears; well developed incisors; short legs; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT0908
- Zambezian halophytics
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 100 |