Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats
       Genus Cryptomys Gray, 1864 - common mole-rats
         1 Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838) - Damara mole-rat
         2 Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826) - common mole-rat
         3 Cryptomys mechowii see Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881)
         4 Cryptomys natalensis - Natal mole-rat
         5 Cryptomys ochraceocinereus (Heuglin, 1864) - ochre mole-rat