Bathyergidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Thomas E. Lacher, Jr Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2016 2016-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I 352 370 book chapter 58515 10.5281/zenodo.6584692 b8867962-e924-4e49-8d2b-47ed56116943 978-84-941892-3-4 6584692 Family BATHYERGIDAE (AFRICAN MOLE-RATS) • Cylindrically bodied rodents, with short legs and tails; stiff hairs on feet, faces, and tails; reduced eyes; lack of exter nal ear pinnae, blunt heads, and well-developed incisors with small buccal openings protected by flaps ofskin. • 10-30 cm. • Afrotropical Region. • Subterranean in open forests to savannas and semi-deserts under mesic to xeric conditions. • 5 genera, 17 species, 24 taxa. • | species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.