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Blesmol
Family of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Blesmols | |
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Damaraland mole-rat | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
Family: | Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 |
Type genus | |
Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 | |
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