Matabeleland mole-rat

Matabeleland mole-rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys
Species:
C. hottentotus
Subspecies:
C. h. nimrodi
Trinomial name
Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi
(de Winton, 1897)

The Matabeleland mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi) is a subspecies of the common mole-rat found in Zimbabwe.[1] Like the other subspecies and species of the genus, only one female is responsible for reproduction within the colony.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bennett, N. C.; Cotterill, F. P. D.; Spinks, A. C. (May 1996), "Thermoregulation in two population of the Matabeleland mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi) and remarks on the general thermoregulatory trends within the genus Cryptomys (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)", Journal of Zoology, 239 (1): 17–27, doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05433.x
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