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Definition of Bathyergidae
1. Noun. Mole rats; sand rats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Hystricomorpha, Suborder Hystricomorpha
Member holonyms: Bathyergus, Genus Bathyergus, Genus Heterocephalus, Heterocephalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bathyergidae
Literary usage of Bathyergidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Hence in the Geomyidae and in Lutra the external ears are small, in the
ratel (Mellivora) very minute and in the Bathyergidae they have become reduced to a ..."
2. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Thus "in the pocket-gophers (Geomyidae) and Bathyergidae the eyes are small; ...
they are very minute, in the Bathyergidae (Cape mole- rat, etc. ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Bathyergidae.—This family contains several genera which consist of subterranean
forms. All these Rodents agree in a number of characters, ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"The situation which the Bathyergidae should occupy among the Rodents is difficult
to determine. ..."
5. Science in South Africa: A Handbook and Review by William Flint, John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1905)
"Two of the families are confined to the Ethiopian region—Bathyergidae and ...
To the family Bathyergidae belong the Rodent-Moles ; there are seven or eight ..."
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