Biology:Kafue mole-rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Kafue mole-rat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys
Species:
F. kafuensis
Binomial name
Fukomys kafuensis
(Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán & Kawalika, 1999)
Synonyms

Cryptomys kafuensis

The Kafue mole-rat (Fukomys kafuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

References

  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q1032846 entry