Cape Dune Mole Rat

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Cape Dune Mole Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Bathyergus
Species: B. suillus
Binomial name
Bathyergus suillus
(Schreber, 1782)

The Cape Dune Mole Rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species of rodent in the Bathyergidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are caves and sandy shores.

[edit] References

  • Maree, S., Faulkes, C. & Griffin, M. 2004. Bathyergus suillus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  • Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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