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 damarensis (Ogilby 1838) [Bathyergus] damarensis Ogilby 1838 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 5 . Type Locality: Namibia , Damaraland. Vernacular Names: Damara Mole-rat . Synonyms: Cryptomys lugardi (de Winton 1898) ; Cryptomys micklemi (Chubb 1909) ; Cryptomys ovamboensis Roberts 1946 . Distribution: E Namibia , Botswana , W Zimbabwe , S Zambia , S Angola . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Included as a subspecies of hottentotus by de Graaff (1975 , 1981 ) but considered a distinct species based on characteristics of the infraorbital foramina by Honeycutt et al. (1991) . Protein electrophoretic data ( Filippucci et al., 1994 ; 1997 ) suggest this taxon is more closely related to anselli , kafuensis , and mechowi than to hottentotus . Karyotype has 2n=74 or 78 and FN=92 ( Nevo et al., 1986 ).