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 Genus Cryptomys Gray, 1864 - common mole-rats Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838) - Damara mole-rat