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    The common mole-rat, African mole-rat, or Hottentot mole-rat, (Cryptomys hottentotus) is a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa, in particular in...
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    The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably...
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  • Mole-rat or mole rat can refer to several groups of burrowing Old World rodents: Bathyergidae, a family of about 20 hystricognath species in six genera...
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    The Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. Along with the smaller...
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    Blesmol (category Rodents by common name)
    Georychus capensis - cape mole-rat Cryptomys Cryptomys hottentotus - common mole-rat subspecies: C. h. natalensis - Natal mole-rat subspecies: C. h. nimrodi...
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  • The Matabeleland mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi) is a subspecies of the common mole-rat found in Zimbabwe. Bennett, N. C.; Cotterill, F. P. D...
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    The silvery mole-rat, silvery blesmol, or silky mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) is a species of mole-rat of East Africa which occurs in southern...
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    The Middle East blind mole-rat (Nannospalax ehrenbergi) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It was formerly classified in the genus Spalax...
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    The Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species of solitary burrowing rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to South Africa and named...
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  • The Zambian mole-rat (Fukomys amatus) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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