Bathyergus Illiger 1811 (dune mole rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to R. L. Honeycutt et al. 1987
See also Gray 1825, Illiger 1811 and Pickford and Senut 1997
Sister taxa: Bathyergoides, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Geofossor, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae
Subtaxa: Bathyergus janetta Bathyergus suillus
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (15 collections)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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