Order Rodentia - Family Bathyergidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1538 1542 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Heterocephalinae Landry 1957 Heterocephalinae Landry 1957 , Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 74 . Genera: 1 genus with 1 species: Genus Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842 (1 species) Discussion: Molecular data ( Allard and Honeycutt, 1992 ; Faulkes et al., 1997 ; Nedbal et al., 1994 ; Walton et al., 2000 ) support the recognition of the aberrant East African Heterocephalus as a distinct subfamily.