Skin Key

Rodentia

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Rodentia - Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846

Option A
The hairs on the back are longer than 10 mm.
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Cryptomys

There are 2 species recorded from Tanzania: Cryptomys hottentotus and Cryptomys mechowi. The white incisors help to differentiate this burrowing rodent from Tachyoryctes and the short fur differentiates it from Heliophobius.