Bathyergus Illiger 1811 (dune mole rat)
Mammalia - Glires - Bathyergidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 66059
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to R. L. Honeycutt et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Bathyergoides, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Geofossor, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae
Subtaxa: Bathyergus janetta, Bathyergus suillus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore