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Bathyergus Temporal range: Middle to Recent |
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| Bathyergus janetta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Subfamily: | Bathyerginae |
| Genus: |
Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
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Mus maritimus Gmelin, 1788 |
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| Species | |
Bathyergus janetta
Bathyergus suillus
Bathyergus is the genus of dune mole-rats endemic to South Africa. It contains two species — B. janetta, the Namaqua dune mole-rat, and B. suillus, the Cape dune mole-rat.