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).

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