''Cryptomys'' is the

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 ...

of mole-rats, endemic to

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. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus ''

Fukomys ''Fukomys'' is a genus described in 2006 of common mole-rats, containing several species that were formerly placed in the genus ''Cryptomys ''Cryptomys'' is the genus of mole-rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in t ...

'' in 2006.

References

* Kock D, Ingram CM, Frabotta LJ, Honeycutt RL, Burda H. 2006. On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and ''Fukomys'' n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia). ''Zootaxa'' 1142: 51–55. Rodent genera {{rodent-stub