Bathyergus

Genus of rodents

Bathyergus
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
Bathyergus janetta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Bathyergus
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Mus maritimus
Gmelin, 1788
Species

Bathyergus janetta
Bathyergus suillus

Bathyergus is the genus of dune mole-rats endemic to South Africa. It contains two species :

  • Namaqua dune mole-rat - B. janetta
  • Cape dune mole-rat - B. suillus

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Extant species of family Bathyergidae (African mole-rats)
Bathyerginae
Bathyergus
  • Namaqua dune mole-rat (Bathyergus janetta)
  • Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus)
Cryptomys
  • Common mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus)
  • Matabeleland mole-rat (Cryptomys nimrodi)
Fukomys
  • Zambian mole-rat(Fukomys amatus)
  • Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)
  • Bocage's mole-rat (Fukomys bocagei)
  • Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis)
  • Mashona mole-rat (Fukomys darlingi)
  • Nigerian mole-rat (Fukomys foxi)
  • Fukomys hanangensis
  • Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)
  • Kafue mole-rat (Fukomys kafuensis)
  • Fukomys livingstoni
  • Mechow's mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii)
  • Micklem's mole-rat (Fukomys micklemi)
  • Fukomys occlusus
  • Ochre mole-rat (Fukomys ochraceocinereus)
  • Caroline's mole rat (Fukomys vandewoestijneae)
  • Fukomys whytei
  • Ghana mole-rat (Fukomys zechi)
Georychus
  • Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis)
Heliophobius
  • Silvery mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus)
Heterocephalinae
Heterocephalus
  • Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Bathyergus


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