Heterocephalinae Landry 1957

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Bathyergidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1538-1542 : 1542

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scientific name	Heterocephalinae Landry 1957
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Heterocephalinae Landry 1957 , Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 74.

Genera: 1 genus with 1 species:

Genus Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842 (1 species)

Discussion: Molecular data ( Allard and Honeycutt, 1992; Faulkes et al., 1997; Nedbal et al., 1994; Walton et al., 2000) support the recognition of the aberrant East African Heterocephalus as a distinct subfamily.