Cryptomys darlingi Roberts 1895

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 darlingi Roberts 1895
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Cryptomys darlingi Roberts 1895 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 239.

Type Locality: Zimbabwe, Salisbury (= Harare) (1524 m).

Vernacular Names: Darling's Mole-rat.

Synonyms: Cryptomys beirae (Thomas and Wroughton 1907) ; Cryptomys nimrodi (de Winton 1896) ; Cryptomys zimbitiensis Roberts 1946 .

Distribution: E Zimbabwe and W Mozambique.

Discussion: Included as a subspecies of hottentotus by de Graaff (1975, 1981) and Honeycutt et al. (1991) but considered a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation by Aguilar (1993). Karyotype has 2n=54 and FN=80 ( Aguilar, 1993).