Cape mole-rat
| Cape mole-rat Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Bathyergidae |
| Genus: | Georychus Illiger, 1811 |
| Species: | G. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mus capensis Pallas, 1778 | |
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.