Order Rodentia - Family Bathyergidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1538 1542 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Cryptomys darlingi Roberts 1895 Cryptomys darlingi Roberts 1895 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 239 . Type Locality: Zimbabwe , Salisbury (= Harare ) ( 1524 m ). Vernacular Names: Darling's Mole-rat . Synonyms: Cryptomys beirae (Thomas and Wroughton 1907) ; Cryptomys nimrodi (de Winton 1896) ; Cryptomys zimbitiensis Roberts 1946 . Distribution: E Zimbabwe and W Mozambique . Discussion: Included as a subspecies of hottentotus by de Graaff (1975 , 1981 ) and Honeycutt et al. (1991) but considered a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation by Aguilar (1993) . Karyotype has 2n=54 and FN=80 ( Aguilar, 1993 ).