Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826). Zool., 1:166. TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, S.W. Cape Prov., near Paarl (east of Capetown). DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Tanzania, S. Zaire, and Namibia. COMMENT: Includes bocagei, damarensis, darlingi, holosericeus, and natalensis; see de Graaff, 1975, Part 6.9:3-4. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410032002006001 as C. hottentotus. 5301410032002001001 as C. bolcagei (sic). 5301410032002002001 as C. damarensis. 5301410032002003001 as C. darlingi. 5301410032002005001 as C. holosericeus.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 593, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039

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