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Cryptomys

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Taxonomy
Cryptomys was named by Gray (1964). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bathyergidae by Honeycutt et al. (1987), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
C. damarensis, C. hottentotus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. lugardi, C. natalensis, C. robertsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cryptomys Gray
1987Cryptomys Honeycutt et al. p. 280
1997Cryptomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
infraorderPhiomorphaLavocat 1962
familyBathyergidaeWaterhouse 1841
genusCryptomysGray 1964

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cryptomys Gray 1964
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Cryptomys damarensis Ogilby 1838 [Damaraland mole rat]
Cryptomys hottentotus Lesson 1826 [common mole rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:39:34
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:39:34
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) C. sp. (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa C. sp. (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa C. hottentotus (22339 22341 22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa C. robertsi, C. natalensis (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa C. robertsi, C. sp. (21824) C. sp. (21827)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa C. hottentotus (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa C. hottentotus (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa C. hottentotus (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa (Namaqualand) C. sp. (51188)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia C. hottentotus (68340 68341)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa C. hottentotus (21862 21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) C. hottentotus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia C. lugardi (21894)