Ochre Mole Rat

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Ochre Mole Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Cryptomys
Species: C. ochraceocinereus
Binomial name
Cryptomys ochraceocinereus
(Heuglin, 1864)

The Ochre Mole Rat (Cryptomys ochraceocinereus) is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family. It is found in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, caves, and arable land.

[edit] References

  • Maree, S. & Faulkes, C. 2004. Cryptomys ochraceocinereus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  • 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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