Southern African Mole-Rat
Cryptomys hottentotus
Also known as: Common Mole-Rat, African Mole-Rat, Common Blesmol, Hottentot Mole-Rat
Habitat
Ground
Diet
PlantSeed
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
102 g
LCMammaliaRodentiaBathyergidae
Seasonal Activity
222 sightings · 2006–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Bathyergidae
Traits
- Diet
- PlantSeed
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 102 g
Photo
(c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Vos
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Occurrence data from GBIF.