Species Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826) (Hottentot mole-rat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Bathyergidae
  • ----- species: Cryptomys hottentotus
Characteristics:herbivore; body-length: 10-16 cm; the thick fur is grey or brown, in some individuals a white blaze is found on the head; the eyes are not well developped;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0203
Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT0908
Zambezian halophytics
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 211
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