Common mole-rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common mole-rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cryptomys hottentotus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Bathyergidae

Where does the common mole-rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common mole-rat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

South Africa

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common mole-rat endangered?

The common mole-rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common mole-rat?

The common mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Bathyergidae, genus Cryptomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common mole-rat

The common mole-rat, African mole-rat, or Hottentot mole-rat, (Cryptomys hottentotus) is a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa, in particular in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It also occurs in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is a species in the subfamily Bathyerginae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common mole-rat (revision 1370521041), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1032783 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).