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Ochre mole-rat

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(Redirected from Fukomys ochraceocinereus) Species of rodent

Ochre mole-rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys
Species: F. ochraceocinereus
Binomial name
Fukomys ochraceocinereus
(Heuglin, 1864)
Synonyms

Cryptomys ochraceocinereus

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

References

  1. Maree, S.; Faulkes, C. (2016). "Fukomys ochraceocinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5757A22184661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5757A22184661.en. Retrieved 12 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.
Extant species of family Bathyergidae (African mole-rats)
Bathyerginae
Bathyergus
Cryptomys
Fukomys
Georychus
Heliophobius
Heterocephalinae
Heterocephalus
Category
Taxon identifiers
Fukomys ochraceocinereus


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