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Bathyergus
Sign in to saveBathyergus is the genus of dune mole-rats endemic to South Africa. It contains two species :
Species
Cape Dune Molerat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyBathyergidae
Observations957
Observations recorded1,021
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Bathyergidae
- Collections
- AMNH, MZLU, TM, UWZM, HSU, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Botswana, Namibia
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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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bathyergus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.