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African Molerats
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African Molerats

Bathyergidae

The blesmols, also known as mole-rats, or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae. They represent a distinct evolution of a subterranean life among rodents much like the pocket gophers of North America, the tuco-tucos in South America, or the Spalacidae.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 26 known species

Dune Molerats

genusBathyergus

Common Molerats

genusCryptomys

Cape Molerats

genusGeorychus

Tropical Molerats

genusFukomys

Silvery Mole-rats

genusHeliophobius

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43744.