Blesmol

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Blesmols Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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, and the Spalacidae from Eurasia.