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Common mole-rats

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Bathyergidae
Genus : Cryptomys

Facts about the genus Cryptomys, the common mole-rats

§ The adaptations of common mole-rats are examples (Full text)

Distribution: Common mole rats are found in southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. (Full text)

I chuckled when the writers put forth their false claim that "Common mole-rats are completely sightless," since a nearby photograph clearly showed a mole-rat's eye. (Full text)

In general, the behavioural audiogram of Cryptomys is in many aspects comparable with the available audiograms of other subterranean rodents. (Full text)

Zambian common mole-rats are subterranean rodents which live in families with only one female breeding. (Full text)