Cryptomys mechowi Peters 1881

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 mechowi Peters 1881
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Cryptomys mechowi Peters 1881 , Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin: 133.

Type Locality: Angola, Malange.

Vernacular Names: Giant Mole-rat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Cryptomys mechowi subsp. mechowi Peters 1881

Subspecies Cryptomys mechowi subsp. mellandi Thomas 1906

Distribution: Angola, S Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes ansorgei , blainei, and mellandi ( de Graaff, 1975:3). Corbet and Hill (1991:207) spelled the name mechowii. Karyotype has 2n=40 and FN=76 (Macholán et al., 1993). Filippucci et al. (1997) suggested affinity with anselli , kafuensis and damarensis .