| Cape mole-rat Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Genus: | Georychus Illiger, 1811 |
| Species: | G. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778)
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Mus capensis | |
The Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis) is a species of mole-rat endemic to South Africa. It is the only extant species currently described as belonging to the genus Georychus.
- ^ Maree, S.; Visser, J.; Bennett, N.C.; Jarvis, J. (2017). "Georychus capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T9077A110019425. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T9077A110019425.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.