''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 n ...

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 ...

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Bathyergidae Rodent genera Rodents of Africa {{rodent-stub