Bathyerginae Waterhouse 1841

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 .