Bathyergus janetta Thomas and Schwann 1904 (Namaqua dune mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Belongs to Bathyergus according to R. L. Honeycutt et al. 1987

Sister taxon: Bathyergus suillus

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Boegoeberg 1 (Quaternary of South Africa)

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