| ectoparasite burdens of the common mole-rat (cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) from the cape provinces of south africa. | the members of the african mole-rat family bathyergidae are widely distributed across sub-saharan africa. despite their well-studied biology and reproductive physiology, the current knowledge of their ectoparasite fauna is limited and ambiguous due to recent revisions of the bathyergid taxonomy. the common mole-rat (cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) is 1 of the most widely distributed species of these subterranean rodents. ectoparasites were collected from 268 common mole-rats at 2 localities ( ... | 2014 | 24171714 |