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Bathyergus

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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Bathyergus
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
Bathyergus janetta
Bathyergus suillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
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 :

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