NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2010

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Bathyerginae
  Family - Bathyergidae
  Infraorder - Hystricognathi
  Suborder - Hystricomorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Cryptomys bocagei
      Species - Cryptomys damarensis
      Species - Cryptomys foxi
      Species - Cryptomys hottentotus
      Species - Cryptomys mechowi
      Species - Cryptomys ochraceocinereus
      Species - Cryptomys zechi
      Species - Cryptomys amatus
      Species - Cryptomys anselli
      Species - Cryptomys darlingi
      Species - Cryptomys kafuensis