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Bathyergidae (mole rat)
Taxonomy
Bathyergidae was named by Waterhouse (1841). It is extant. Its type is Bathyergus.
It was assigned to Glires by Bonaparte (1850); to Bathygeromorpha by Carroll (1988); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Bathyergomorpha by Nowak (1999); and to Phiomorpha by Huchon and Douzery (2001).
It was assigned to Glires by Bonaparte (1850); to Bathygeromorpha by Carroll (1988); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Bathyergomorpha by Nowak (1999); and to Phiomorpha by Huchon and Douzery (2001).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1841 | Bathyergidae Waterhouse |
| 1850 | Bathyergidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1988 | Bathyergidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Bathyergidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Bathyergidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Bathyergidae Huchon and Douzery p. 242 |
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