Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
       Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats
         Genus Cryptomys Gray, 1864 - common mole-rats
           1 Cryptomys bocagei (de Winton, 1897)
           2 Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838) - Damara mole-rat
           3 Cryptomys foxi (Thomas, 1911)
           4 Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826) - common mole-rat
           5 Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881)
           6 Cryptomys ochraceocinereus (Heuglin, 1864) - ochre mole-rat
           7 Cryptomys zechi (Matschie, 1900)