''Bathyergus'' is the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of dune
mole-rats endemic to
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
. It contains two species — ''B. janetta'', the
Namaqua dune mole-rat, and ''B. suillus'', the
Cape dune mole-rat.
References
Bathyergidae
Mammals of South Africa
Rodent genera
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