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 Georychus Illiger, 1811 - Cape mole-rat
           1 Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1779) - Cape mole-rat