- Bocage's Mole Rat
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Bocage's Mole Rat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Bathyergidae Genus: Fukomys Species: F. bocagei Binomial name Fukomys bocagei
(de Winton, 1897)Synonyms Cryptomys bocagei
Bocage's Mole Rat (Fukomys bocagei) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and caves.
References
- ^ Faulkes, C., Maree, S. & Griffin, M. (2008). Cryptomys bocagei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
- 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.
Extant species of family Bathyergidae (African mole rats) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: PhiomorphaBathyerginae Heterocephalinae CategoryCategories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
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- Fukomys
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