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 Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842 Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842 , Mus . Senckenberg. Abh., 3 (2): 99 . Type Species: Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell 1842 Synonyms: Fornarina Thomas 1903 . Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell 1842