{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} {{automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Early Pliocene to Recent | image = Cryptomys hottentotus Whatmore 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Cryptomys hottentotus'' | taxon = Cryptomys | authority = J. E. Gray, 1864 | type_species = ''Georychus holosericeus'' | type_species_authority = Wagner, 1842<br /> (= ''Bathyergus hottentotus'' Lesson, 1826) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''Cryptomys hottentotus''<br> ''Cryptomys mahali''<br> ''Cryptomys natalensis''<br> ''Cryptomys nimrodi''<br> ''Cryptomys pretoriae'' }}
'''''Cryptomys''''' is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa.<ref>{{MSW3|id=13400007}}</ref> Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus ''Fukomys'' in 2006.
==Species== The species currently included in this genus are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cryptomys Gray, 1864 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2437211 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref> *''Cryptomys hottentotus'' <small>(Lesson, 1826)</small> *''Cryptomys mahali'' <small>(Roberts, 1913)</small> *''Cryptomys natalensis'' <small>(Roberts, 1913)</small> *''Cryptomys nimrodi'' <small>(de Winton, 1896)</small> *''Cryptomys pretoriae'' <small>(Roberts, 1913)</small>
The following species were formerly in ''Cryptomys'' but later moved to the genus ''Fukomys'': *''Cryptomys amatus'' <small>(Wroughton, 1907)</small> *''Cryptomys anselli'' <small>(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)</small> *''Cryptomys bocagei'' <small>(de Winton, 1897)</small> *''Cryptomys damarensis'' <small>(Ogilby, 1838)</small> *''Cryptomys darlingi'' <small>(Thomas, 1895)</small> *''Cryptomys foxi'' <small>(Thomas, 1911)</small> *''Cryptomys kafuensis'' <small>(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)</small> *''Cryptomys mechowi'' <small>(Peters, 1881)</small> *''Cryptomys ochraceocinereus'' <small>(Heuglin, 1864)</small> *''Cryptomys zechi'' <small>(Matschie, 1900)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''Fukomys'' n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). ''Zootaxa'' 1142: 51–55.
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Category:Cryptomys Category:Rodent genera Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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