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

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 : 1540

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scientific name	Cryptomys kafuensis Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika 1999
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Cryptomys kafuensis Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika 1999 , Z. Saugetierk., 64 (1): 39.

Type Locality: Zambia, Southern Prov., Kafue National Park, "hot springs" in Itezhi-Tezhi.

Vernacular Names: Kafue Mole-rat.

Distribution: Vicinity of Itezhi-Tezhi, S Zambia.

Discussion: Protein electrophoretic data ( Filippucci et al., 1997) suggest affinity with anselli and mechowi . Karyotype with a 2n=58 and FN=78 ( Burda et al., 1999).