Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
       Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats
         1 Genus Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 - dune mole-rats
         2 Genus Cryptomys Gray, 1864 - common mole-rats
         3 Genus Georychus Illiger, 1811 - Cape mole-rat
         4 Genus Heliophobius Peters, 1846 - silvery mole-rat
         5 Genus Heterocephalus Rüppell, 1842 - naked mole-rat