Blesmol

Blesmols; Temporal range:
	Damaraland mole-rat
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Parvorder:	Phiomorpha
Family:	Bathyergidae; Waterhouse, 1841
Type genus
	Bathyergus; Illiger, 1811
Genera
	Georychus Illiger, 1811 ; Fukomys Kock et al., 2006 ; Cryptomys Gray, 1864 ; Heliophobius Peters, 1846 ; Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 ;

The blesmols, also known as mole-rats, or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae. They represent a distinct evolution of a subterranean life among rodents much like the pocket gophers of North America, the tuco-tucos in South America, or the Spalacidae from Eurasia.

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