Bocage's mole-rat
Bocage's mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Bathyergidae |
Genus: | Fukomys |
Species: | F. bocagei
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Binomial name | |
Fukomys bocagei (de Winton, 1897)
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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. (2016). "Fukomys bocagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5752A22184407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5752A22184407.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Fukomys
- Mammals described in 1897
- Taxa named by William Edward de Winton
- Rodent stubs