BATHYERGIDAE, Waterhouse, 1841

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Bathyergidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 352-370 : 352

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6584692
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6584511
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treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	BATHYERGIDAE
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Family BATHYERGIDAE View in CoL

(AFRICAN MOLE-RATS)

• Cylindrically bodied rodents, with short legs and tails; stiff hairs on feet, faces, and tails; reduced eyes; lack of exter nal ear pinnae, blunt heads, and well-developed incisors with small buccal openings protected by flaps ofskin.

• 10-30 cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical Region. View Figure

• Subterranean in open forests to savannas and semi-deserts under mesic to xeric conditions.

• 5 genera, 17 species, 24 taxa.

• | species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.