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Bathyergidae (mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Bathyergidae Waterhouse
1850Bathyergidae Bonaparte p. 1
1988Bathyergidae Carroll
1991Bathyergidae Nowak
1999Bathyergidae Nowak
2001Bathyergidae Huchon and Douzery p. 242

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
infraorderPhiomorphaLavocat 1962
familyBathyergidaeWaterhouse 1841
familyBathyergidaeWaterhouse 1841

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Bathyergidae Waterhouse 1841 [mole rat]
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G. †Bathyergoides Stromer 1923
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G. Bathyergus Illiger 1811 [dune mole rat]
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Bathyergus janetta Thomas and Schwann 1904 [Namaqua dune mole rat]
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 [Cape dune mole rat]
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Invalid names: Mus maritimus Gmelin 1788 [synonym]
G. Cryptomys Gray 1964
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Cryptomys damarensis Ogilby 1838 [Damaraland mole rat]
Cryptomys hottentotus Lesson 1826 [common mole rat]
G. †Cyclomylus Matthew and Granger 1923
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†Cyclomylus biforatus Wang 2001
†Cyclomylus lohensis Matthew and Granger 1923
G. †Geofossor Mein and Pickford 2003
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†Geofossor corvinusae Mein and Pickford 2003
G. Georychus Illiger 1811
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Georychus capensis Pallas 1778 [Cape mole-rat]
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Invalid names: Fossor leucops Lichtenstein 1844 [synonym], Georychus capensis canescens Thomas and Schwann 1906 [synonym], Georychus yatesi Roberts 1913 [synonym], Mus buffoni Cuvier 1834 [synonym]
G. †Gypsorhynchus Broom 1930
G. Heliophobius Peters 1846
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Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters 1846 [silvery mole rat]
G. Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842 [naked mole-rat]
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Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell 1842 [naked mole rat]
G. †Paracryptomys Lavocat 1973
G. †Proheliophobius Lavocat 1973
Subfm. †Tsaganomyinae Matthew and Granger 1923
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G. †Coelodontomys Wang 2001
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G. †Tsaganomys Matthew and Granger 1923
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†Tsaganomys altaicus Matthew and Granger 1923
†Tsaganomys minutus Kowalski 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999; see also Stein 2000f
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 20:06:41
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Bathyergoides indet. (165176)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Coelodontomys asiaticus (75601) Cyclomylus intermedius (182064) Cyclomylus lohensis (180954) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus lohensis (53979) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus intermedius (175168)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Cyclomylus sp., Tsaganomys altaicus (175386) Tsaganomys altaicus (175387) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus intermedius (176066) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus minutus, Tsaganomys minutus (174759)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Ningxia) Cyclomylus sp., Tsaganomys sp., Tsaganomys altaicus, Tsaganomys minutus (182895)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) Coelodontomys asiaticus (77998 77999) Tsaganomys altaicus (182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Xinjiang) Cyclomylus lohensis (174978) Cyclomylus sp., Cyclomylus lohensis (180951 180952)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus intermedius (182065) Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus intermedius (182062 201176) Cyclomylus intermedius (135802 182066 182067 187298 187301) Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus intermedius (135793) Tsaganomys altaicus (180955 182054 201185) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus (180963 182131) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus intermedius, Cyclomylus biforatus (180964) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus lohensis (182041) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus intermedius (180959 180961 182063 201191) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus intermedius, Cyclomylus biforatus (75595) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus intermedius (182042) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus lohensis (180956) Tsaganomys altaicus, Cyclomylus lohensis, Cyclomylus intermedius (135791 175169 175171 182055)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia Cyclomylus intermedius (201162) Cyclomylus intermedius, Cyclomylus biforatus (182068) Tsaganomys altaicus (75599 176447 182056 182058 182059 182060 182061) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus (176446 182057) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus biforatus (75588) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus, Cyclomylus intermedius (180971)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) Tsaganomys sp. (73994 74001)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) Tsaganomys altaicus (42061 71433 71434 175388 176451 176452 176454 176455)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Tsaganomys altaicus (182075 182076 182078 182081 182084 183914)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus (75598)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kenya Bathyergoides sp. (27855)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Bathyergoides neotertiarius (235619)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia Tsaganomys altaicus (182090)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Bathyergidae indet. (22224)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Bathyergoides neotertarius (87341) Bathyergoides sp. (27858)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Bathyergidae indet. (22082)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Proheliophobius sp. (21855)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Bathyergidae indet. (21340)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Bathyergidae indet., Cryptomys sp., Bathyergus sp. (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Bathyergidae indet. (100313) Bathyergus sp. (22222) Cryptomys sp., Bathyergus sp. (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (22339 22341 22353) Gypsorhynchus makapani (22355)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Heterocephalus quenstedti (32050)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Bathyergidae indet. (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Heterocephalus quenstedti (21793 21798 21799 21800 21810 21811 21831)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Cryptomys robertsi, Cryptomys natalensis (22333 22334)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Heterocephalus atikoi (21545 21625 21681)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Cryptomys robertsi, Cryptomys sp. (21824) Cryptomys sp. (21827)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Bathyergus suillus (21695 21929 21931 21953 115191 115205) Cryptomys hottentotus (21915) Georychus capensis (21916)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Bathyergidae indet., Georychus capensis, Bathyergus suillus (21711) Bathyergus suillus (21951 21952) Cryptomys hottentotus (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Heterocephalus sp. (22041 22064 22621)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Cryptomys hottentotus (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Cryptomys hottentotus (68340 68341)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa (Namaqualand) Cryptomys sp. (51188)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Bathyergus suillus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) Bathyergus sp. (51187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Bathyergidae indet. (90070) Bathyergus janetta (115184) Bathyergus suillus (115225) Bathyergus suilus (21709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Bathyergus suillus (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Bathyergidae indet., Georychus capensis, Cryptomys hottentotus (21862) Cryptomys hottentotus (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Cryptomys hottentotus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Cryptomys lugardi (21894)