- mole-rats, or
African mole-rats, are
burrowing rodents of the
family Bathyergidae. They
represent a
distinct evolution of a
subterranean life
among rodents...
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Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats
Family Petromuridae: D****ie rats
Family Bathyergidae:
African mole-rats
Parvorder Caviomorpha Superfamily Erethizontoidea...
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Retrieved 12
November 2021. Kock, D.; et al. (2006). "On the
nomenclature of
Bathyergidae and ****omys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1142: 51–55...
- species. They also
rotate their heads and body
muscles as a form of play.
Bathyergidae (African mole rats)
Heterocephalidae (naked mole rats,
monotypic taxon)...
- (Bathyergus suillus) is a
species of
solitary burrowing rodent in the
family Bathyergidae. It is
endemic to
South Africa and
named for the Cape of Good Hope. The...
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considered to
belong to the same
family as
other African mole-rats,
Bathyergidae, more
recent investigation places it in a
separate family, Heterocephalidae...
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hierarchy of the
Damaraland mole-rat,
Cryptomys damarensis (Rodentia:
Bathyergidae) from Namibia".
Journal of Zoology. 224 (4): 553–576. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998...
- At its core lie the
extant families Thryonomyidae, Petromuridae, and
Bathyergidae and
their extinct relatives. The Old
World porcupines (Hystricidae) are...
- mole rat can
refer to
several groups of
burrowing Old
World rodents:
Bathyergidae, a
family of
about 20
hystricognath species in six
genera from Africa...
- †Tsaganomyidae
Hystricognathi – true
hystricognaths †Baluchimyinae
Phiomorpha Bathyergidae –
blesmols †Bathyergoididae †Diamantomyidae
Heterocephalidae – naked...
