Cryptomys Gray 1864

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Bathyergidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538-1542 : 1539

Cryptomys Gray 1864

Cryptomys Gray 1864 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864: 124.

Type Species: Georychus holosericeus Wagner 1842

Synonyms: Coetomys Gray 1864 ; Typhloryctes Fitzinger 1867 .

Species and subspecies: 11 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Cryptomys amatus Wroughton 1907

Species Cryptomys anselli Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika 1999

Species Cryptomys bocagei de Winton 1897

Species Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby 1838)

Species Cryptomys darlingi Roberts 1895

Species Cryptomys foxi Thomas 1911

Species Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson 1826)

Subspecies Cryptomys hottentotus subsp. hottentotus Lesson 1826

Subspecies Cryptomys hottentotus subsp. natalensis Roberts 1913

Subspecies Cryptomys hottentotus subsp. whytei Thomas 1897

Species Cryptomys kafuensis Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika 1999

Species Cryptomys mechowi Peters 1881

Subspecies Cryptomys mechowi subsp. mechowi Peters 1881

Subspecies Cryptomys mechowi subsp. mellandi Thomas 1906

Species Cryptomys ochraceocinereus Heuglin 1864

Subspecies Cryptomys ochraceocinereus subsp. ochraceocinereus Heuglin 1864

Subspecies Cryptomys ochraceocinereus subsp. oweni Setzer 1956

Species Cryptomys zechi Matschie 1900

Discussion: Originally a subgenus of Georychus ; a relationship generally not supported by molecular data ( Allard and Honeycutt, 1992; Honeycutt et al., 1991; Janecek et al., 1992; Nevo et al., 1987; Walton et al., 2000), which suggest a sister taxon relationship between Georychus and Bathyergus . This genus has long been problematic because of extreme morphological variation and is in need of further revision.