Bathyergidae

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Bathyergidae - mole rats; sand rats

family Bathyergidae

mammal family - a family of mammals

Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.

Bathyergus, genus Bathyergus - mole rats

genus Heterocephalus, Heterocephalus - sand rats

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Some of them are sharp and in all three species they are facing the penile base (proximal directed) as seen in other rodent families: Bathyergidae, which are also fossorial rodents like Ctenomys and Peromyscus from the Cricetidae family (Bradley and Schmidly, 1987; Bradley et al.

Penial morphology in three species of Brazilian tuco-tucos, Ctenomys torquatus, C. minutus, and C. flamarioni (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)/Morfologia peniana de tres especies de tuco-tuco do Brasil--Ctenomys torquatus, C. minutus e C. flamarioni (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

rufescens (Peters, 1878) Rodentia Muridae Mastomys coucha (Smith, 1834) Rodentia Cricetidae Gerbilliscus (Taterona) robustus (Cretzschmar, 1830) Rodentia Bathyergidae Unknown Aves Apodiformes Apodidae Apus affinis (J.

Rediscovery of the "terrible hairy fly", Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae), in eastern Kenya, with notes on biology, natural history, and genetic variation of the Ukasi Hill population

Mole rat" is applied to rodents in several families, but the article focused on the Bathyergidae, which includes the Damaraland mole rat (Cryptomys damarensis) and the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber).