# Bathyergus

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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
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| image = Bathyergus janetta - Smit.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Bathyergus janetta](/source/Bathyergus_janetta)''
| image2 = Bathyergus suillus Flipphi 1.jpg
| image2_caption = ''[Bathyergus suillus](/source/Bathyergus_suillus)''
| fossil_range = Middle [Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene) to Recent
| taxon = Bathyergus
| authority = [Illiger](/source/Johann_Karl_Wilhelm_Illiger), 1811
| type_species = ''[Mus maritimus](/source/Bathyergus_suillus)''
| type_species_authority = [Gmelin](/source/Johann_Friedrich_Gmelin), 1788
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[Bathyergus janetta](/source/Bathyergus_janetta)''<br />
''[Bathyergus suillus](/source/Bathyergus_suillus)''
}}

'''''Bathyergus''''' is the [genus](/source/genus) of dune [mole-rats](/source/Blesmol) endemic to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).  It contains two species : 

* [Namaqua dune mole-rat](/source/Namaqua_dune_mole-rat) - ''B. janetta''
* [Cape dune mole-rat](/source/Cape_dune_mole-rat) - ''B. suillus''

==References==
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Category:Bathyergus
Category:Blesmols
Category:Mammals of South Africa
Category:Rodent genera
Category:Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger

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