Bathyerginae Waterhouse 1841

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 : 1538

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Bathyerginae Waterhouse 1841
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Bathyerginae Waterhouse 1841 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 8: 81.

Synonyms: Georychinae Roberts 1951 .

Genera: 4 genera with 15 species:

Genus Bathyergus Illiger 1811 (2 species)

Genus Cryptomys Gray 1864 (11 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Georychus Illiger 1811 (1 species)

Genus Heliophobius Peters 1846 (1 species with 9 subspecies)

Discussion: Includes both the Bathyerginae and the Georychinae of Roberts (1951), thus including all living genera of the Bathyergidae except Heterocephalus .