''Fukomys'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
described in 2006 of common
mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''
Cryptomys'';
[Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006]
On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''Fukomys'' n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia)
''Zootaxa'
51–55. its species are endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
References
Bathyergidae
Rodent genera
Rodents of Africa
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