After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Patterson & Upham, 2014, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Bathyergomorphi Tullberg, 1899 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [taxonomic history] (maamyyrärottienmuotoiset jyrsijät) |?- †Paracryptomys mckenna Lavocat, 1973; L.Mioc. SWAf. |-- †Bathyergoides neotertiarius Stromer, 1923; L.Mioc. Af. [Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973] |-- Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842 [incl. Fornarina Thomas, 1904] L.Plioc.-M.Pleist., R., Af. [Heterocephalinae Landry, 1957; Heterocephalidae sensu Patterson & Upham, 2014] (kaljurotta) `--o Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 [taxonomic history] (maamyyrärotat) `--o Bathyerginae Waterhouse, 1841 [taxonomic history] (myyrärotat) |?- †Proheliophobius leakeyi Lavocat, 1973 [Paraheliophobius (lapsus calami)] L.Mioc. Af. |?- †Richardus excavans Lavocat, 1988; M.Mioc. Af. |?- †Gypsorhychus Broom, 1934; L.Pleist. SAf. |-- Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846 [Myoscalops Thomas, 1890; Heliphobius Beddard, 1902 (lapsus calami)] R. Af. (Silvery Dune-rat; Sand-rat; hopeamyyrärotta) `--+--+-- Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778) Illiger, 1811 [Georrhychus Minding, 1829; Georhychus Wagner, 1843; Fossor Lichtenstein, 1844] M.Pleist.-R. Af. (Cape mole-rat; valkokuonomyyrä) | `--o Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 [Orycterus F. Cuvier, 1829] M.Pleist.-R. Af. (Cape sand-rats) | |-- B. janettaThomas & Schwann, 1904 (Small Dune Molerat) | `-- B. suillus (Schreber, 1782) (myyrärotta) `--+--o Cryptomys Gray, 1864 [incl. Coetomys Gray, 1864; Typhloryctes Fitzinger, 1867] L.Plioc.-R. Af., Pleist. SWAs. (common mole-rats) | |-- C. anomalus | |-- C. holosericeus | |--o C. hottentotus(Lesson, 1826) [Bathyergus hottentotus; Georychus holosericeus] (maamyyrärotta) | | |-- C. h. pretoriae | | `-- C. h. hottentotus | |-- C. natalensis | `-- C. nimrodi `--o Fukomys Kock et al., 2006 |-- F. amatus |-- F. anselli (Burda et al. 1999) [Cryptomys anselli Burda et al. 1999] |-- F. bocagei [Cryptomys bocagei (de Winton, 1897)] (Angolan Mole-rat) |-- F. damarensis (Ogilby, 1838) [Bathyergus damarensis Ogilby, 1838; Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838)] (Botswanan Mole-rat) |-- F. darlingi |-- F. foxi [Cryptomys foxi (Thomas, 1911)] (Nigerian Mole-rat) |-- F. ilariae |-- F. kafuensis |-- F. mechowii [Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881)] (jättiläismaamyyrärotta) |-- F. micklemi |-- F. occlusus |-- F. ochraceocinereus (Heuglin, 1864) [Georychus ochraceocinereus Heuglin 1864, Cryptomys ochraceocinereus (Heuglin 1864)] (Central African Mole-rat, Ochre Mole-rat) |-- F. vandewoestijneae |-- F. whytei `-- F. zechi [Cryptomys zechi (Matschie, 1900)] (Ghana Mole-rat) Bathyergus [=Cryptomys] damarensis Ogilby 1838 (Damaraland, Namibia); Georychus [=Cryptomys] ochraceocinereus (Bongo country, Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan); Georychus [=Cryptomys] mechowii Peters 1881 (Malange, N. Angola); Georychus [=Cryptomys] darlingi Thomas 1895 (Harare, Zimbabwe); Georychus [=Cryptomys] bocagei De Winton 1897 (Hanha,W. Angola); Georychus whytei Thomas 1897 (Karonga, NW. Lake Malawi, Malawi, cf. Burda etal. 2005); Georychus [=Cryptomys] zechi Matschie 1900 (Kete Kradji, E. Ghana); Georychus [=Cryptomys] amatus Wroughton 1907 (near Chiwali's, Alala Plateau,Zambia, cf. Macholan et al. 1998); Georychus [=Cryptomys] micklemi Chubb 1909 (Kataba River, upper Zambezi, W.Zambia; cf. Van Daele et al. 2004); Georychus [=Cryptomys] foxi Thomas 1911 (Panyam, N. Nigeria); Cryptomys h. "choma" Faulkes et al. 1997 nom. nud. (Kalomo, Zambia); Cryptomys anselli Burda et al. 1999 (Chainama Hills Golf Club, Lusaka, Zambia); Cryptomys kafuensis Burda et al. 1999 (Itezhi-Tezhi, Kafue N.P., Zambia); Cryptomys "Kasama" Kawalika et al. 2001, nom. nud. (Kasama, Zambia).
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Patterson, B. D. & Upham, N. S., 2014: A newly recognized family from the Horn of Africa, the Heterocephalidae (Rodentia: Ctenohystrica).
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 172, #4, pp. 942-963 [doi: 10.1111/zoj.12201]