# Cryptomys

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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
{{automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Early [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) to Recent
| image = Cryptomys hottentotus Whatmore 1.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Cryptomys hottentotus](/source/Cryptomys_hottentotus)''
| taxon = Cryptomys
| authority = [J. E. Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1864
| type_species = ''[Georychus holosericeus](/source/Cryptomys_hottentotus)''
| type_species_authority = [Wagner](/source/Johann_Andreas_Wagner), 1842<br /> (= ''Bathyergus hottentotus'' [Lesson](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Lesson), 1826)
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = ''[Cryptomys hottentotus](/source/Cryptomys_hottentotus)''<br>
''[Cryptomys mahali](/source/Cryptomys_mahali)''<br>
''[Cryptomys natalensis](/source/Cryptomys_natalensis)''<br>
''[Cryptomys nimrodi](/source/Cryptomys_nimrodi)''<br>
''[Cryptomys pretoriae](/source/Cryptomys_pretoriae)''
}}

'''''Cryptomys''''' is the [genus](/source/genus) of [mole-rats](/source/blesmol), endemic to [Africa](/source/Africa).<ref>{{MSW3|id=13400007}}</ref> Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus ''[Fukomys](/source/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](/source/Cryptomys_hottentotus)'' <small>(Lesson, 1826)</small>
*''[Cryptomys mahali](/source/Cryptomys_mahali)'' <small>(Roberts, 1913)</small>
*''[Cryptomys natalensis](/source/Cryptomys_natalensis)'' <small>(Roberts, 1913)</small>
*''[Cryptomys nimrodi](/source/Cryptomys_nimrodi)'' <small>(de Winton, 1896)</small>
*''[Cryptomys pretoriae](/source/Cryptomys_pretoriae)'' <small>(Roberts, 1913)</small>

The following species were formerly in ''Cryptomys'' but later moved to the genus ''[Fukomys](/source/Fukomys)'':
*''[Cryptomys amatus](/source/Cryptomys_amatus)'' <small>(Wroughton, 1907)</small>
*''[Cryptomys anselli](/source/Cryptomys_anselli)'' <small>(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)</small>
*''[Cryptomys bocagei](/source/Cryptomys_bocagei)'' <small>(de Winton, 1897)</small>
*''[Cryptomys damarensis](/source/Cryptomys_damarensis)'' <small>(Ogilby, 1838)</small>
*''[Cryptomys darlingi](/source/Cryptomys_darlingi)'' <small>(Thomas, 1895)</small>
*''[Cryptomys foxi](/source/Cryptomys_foxi)'' <small>(Thomas, 1911)</small>
*''[Cryptomys kafuensis](/source/Cryptomys_kafuensis)'' <small>(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)</small>
*''[Cryptomys mechowi](/source/Cryptomys_mechowi)'' <small>(Peters, 1881)</small>
*''[Cryptomys ochraceocinereus](/source/Cryptomys_ochraceocinereus)'' <small>(Heuglin, 1864)</small>
*''[Cryptomys zechi](/source/Cryptomys_zechi)'' <small>(Matschie, 1900)</small>

==References==
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* 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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