Kafue mole-rat
Species of rodent
| Kafue mole-rat | |
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Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ Cotterill, F.P.D.; Maree, S. (2008). "Fukomys kafuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44861A10956628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44861A10956628.en. Retrieved 17 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.
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Extant species of family Bathyergidae (African mole-rats)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Infraorder: Hystricognathi
- Parvorder: Phiomorpha
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| Cryptomys |
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| Georychus |
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