Back فأر الخلد الداماري Arabic فار الخلد الدامارى ARZ Elmibol (Cryptomys damarensis) AVK Fukomys damarensis Bulgarian Fukomys damarensis Catalan Cryptomys damarensis CEB Damara-Graumull German Fukomys damarensis Spanish Cryptomys damarensis Basque Fukomys damarensis Finnish
| Damaraland mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Genus: | Fukomys |
| Species: | F. damarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fukomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cryptomys damarensis | |
The Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis[2]), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa.[3] Along with the smaller, less hairy, naked mole rat, it is a species of eusocial mammal.
- ^ Child, M.F.; Maree, S. (2016). "Fukomys damarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5753A22185003. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5753A22185003.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Kock, D.; et al. (2006). "On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1142: 51–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1142.1.4.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1540. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.