Bathyergus
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| Bathyergus Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
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| File:Bathyergus janetta - Smit.jpg | |
| Bathyergus janetta | |
| File:Bathyergus suillus Flipphi 1.jpg | |
| Bathyergus suillus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Genus: | Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Mus maritimus Gmelin, 1788
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| Species | |
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
References
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