Bathyergidae
Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826)
Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826)
Cryptomys hottentotus is a fossorial Southern African burrowing rodent that lives in colonies and feeds on underground plant matter.
Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis Roberts, 1913
Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis Roberts, 1913
The common Hottentot mole-rat is a Southern African fossorial herbivorous rodent that lives in family breeding colonies.
Bathyergus suillus (Schreber, 1782)
Bathyergus suillus (Schreber, 1782)
Bathyergus suillus, the Cape dune mole-rat, is the largest blesmol, found only in South African coastal sandy habitats.
Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778)
Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778)
Georychus capensis, the Cape mole-rat, is a distinctive fur-patterned South African burrowing rodent with documented reproductive traits.
Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842
Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842
Heterocephalus glaber, the naked mole-rat, is an East African underground-adapted rodent with little hair and wrinkled skin.
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